还能验吗 能不能验得我说了算
“Can it still be examined? Whether it can be examined is for me to decide.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Miss Qin, the body's been burned beyond recognition.”
还能验 吗 能不能 验得 我说了算
“Can it still be examined? Whether it can be examined is for me to decide.”
我的仵作箱子
“My forensic box!”
“Back off and let me do my job; only I have the expertise to make that call.”
Historically, coroners (仵作) held low social status despite essential duties, making decisive assertions of authority crucial when interacting with assistants or officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have the final say / call the shots
A very common colloquial pattern '由/得 + Person + 说了算' to emphasize who holds final decision-making power.
whether or not one can
Use this affirmative-negative question form in conditional clauses to contrast possibility versus impossibility.
Used in the rhetorical repetition to echo and invalidate the other person's skepticism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Whether I examine you or not isn't up to you.”
“get to the bottom of this case.”
“to ask you...”
“we must give our consent before any examination, is that so?”
“How will you know if you don't try?”
“We might actually dig something up.”