你用这个打人家 我们现在早就在警察局了啦
“If you actually did, we'd be with the police right now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你刚刚要用这个打人家耶
“You were about to hit her with this.”
你用 这个 打人 家 我们现在 早就 在警察局 了 啦
“If you actually did, we'd be with the police right now.”
谁叫她要插队啊？
“She cut the line.”
“Calm down and use your head, you almost got us locked up!”
Escalating petty public disputes (like cutting in line) into physical violence is seen as highly irresponsible and legally perilous in urban Chinese societies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
long ago; already
Use before verbs to emphasize that a hypothetical or actual result would have happened well in advance.
police station
A common noun referring to a police station, frequently used in conversational contexts in Taiwan and southern regions.
Adds an impatient, exasperated emphasis to conclude the statement decisively.
