我们也是费了好大的工夫 才找到了这个家伙
“It took us a lot of effort before finally finding this man.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
又或是直接被送回了原籍
“or been sent straight back to their hometowns.”
我们 也是 费了好大的工夫 才 找到了 这个家 伙
“It took us a lot of effort before finally finding this man.”
他偷了田家的东西
“He'd stolen something from the Tian family”
“Don't take this for granted—catching him was nearly impossible, but we pulled it off.”
Highlighting hardship and effort before delivering a result is a common rhetorical strategy in Chinese culture to demonstrate dedication and secure recognition.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
took a tremendous amount of effort and time
A common spoken collocation to describe enduring great trouble or exertion to achieve something.
this guy / this fellow
A colloquial, slightly informal or dismissive way to refer to a person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It took me quite some time to find this basket. Look. Baskets made of rattan are rare to find.”
“Now that we've found what we came for, let's hurry”
“We had a hard time dragging him back.”
“for the Tribute Ink selection. They have always been personally kept by Master.”
“I put in so much effort and I finally found a new buyer”