你想清楚再回答
“Think carefully before answering.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“we have a few questions for you.”
你 想清楚再 回答
“Think carefully before answering.”
一定要认真回忆
“Try hard to recall everything.”
“Choose your words very carefully; do not dare to lie.”
In Chinese law enforcement and hierarchical settings, authority figures use direct procedural commands to signal the gravity and legal weight of verbal testimony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to think through carefully
Used when advising or warning someone to consider gravity or repercussions before acting or speaking.
and only then answer
Follows a prior action to indicate sequential necessity ('do X first, only then do Y').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Think clearly before answering!”
“Think clearly before you answer me.”
“Think carefully before you answer.”
“Think it over and let me know.”
“If you know the answer, you can tell me.”
“you can give us a clear answer”