遗体旁边的东西 是怎么回事
“the items found next to the body.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你给我解释解释
“Then explain to me”
遗体旁边的东西 是 怎么回事
“the items found next to the body.”
“What about the bullet fired from Qimaer's gun? How do you explain that?”
“You need to explain this contradiction right now because it doesn't make sense.”
In Chinese investigatory contexts, leading questions using '是怎么回事' serve to corner the listener into accounting for glaring discrepancies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is going on with / what is the explanation for
A common spoken phrase used to demand an explanation or question a confusing situation.
remains / deceased body
A respectful, formal term for a dead human body, appropriate in official or legal contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what about these corpses?”
“Body stiffness can vary”
“It seems very likely that they hid the body.”
“Where did you find the body?”
“Does this have anything to do with you throwing the dead bodies?”
“when I see this corpse and case,”
“During decomposition, the body was covered in algae.”
“Back there, where the body is, wasn't the primary crime scene.”