王富民儿子 是怎么回事
“What's going on with Wang Fumin's son?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
进来
“Come in.”
王富民 儿子 是 怎么回事
“What's going on with Wang Fumin's son?”
“Why are the police looking for him?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In spoken Chinese, placing the topic or subject at the very beginning followed by '是怎么回事' is the standard way to initiate a direct query about a development or rumor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what is going on / what happened
A highly frequent colloquial expression used to ask for the backstory or explanation of a confusing situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what about Wanfu and the others?”
“Li Yongqiang? Do you know Wang Fumin?”
“Wanfu's family is really too suspicious.”
“Maybe he was too forgetful to bring that up.”
“Father, what on earth is going on?”
“Wanfu, I have an idea.”