那黄金用洗白吗
“Does gold need to be laundered?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
赃物很难洗白
“stolen goods are hard to launder.”
那黄金用 洗白 吗
“Does gold need to be laundered?”
“Why would anyone waste effort laundering gold when you can just melt it down?”
'洗白' (literally 'to wash white') is widely understood vernacular for laundering illegal earnings or rehabilitating a bad reputation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to launder or whitewash illicit assets/reputation
Commonly used for money laundering or clearing someone's tainted name or criminal assets.
Turns the statement into a direct yes-no question seeking factual confirmation or clarification.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Turn it into hot chocolate, maybe?”
“and started a business to launder it.”
“How much gold was stolen? Was it real gold or paper money?”
“-Wash them all away! -Changning! Wash them away!”
“can tell right from wrong.”
“Done washing.”