这抢劫案那么难破吗
“Is the robbery case that hard to solve?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The way you asked that kind of threw me off.”
这 抢劫 案 那么难破吗
“Is the robbery case that hard to solve?”
“Why is it taking so long to solve a straightforward robbery?”
Colleagues in high-stress investigative environments often speak candidly without excessive hedging when questioning each other's progress.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
robbery case
A common legal and policing noun compound used when discussing criminal investigations.
difficult to crack or solve (a case)
Collocates strongly with criminal cases (案子) to denote investigative difficulty.
Forms a direct yes-no question while conveying a hint of doubt or disbelief given the adverb '那么' (that much).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That robbery case.”
“It's robbery. A crime! So what?”
“We have solved so many cases together.”
“Have they caught the bandits? How come I never heard of such a sensational case?”
“But I think there's something weird about this kidnapping.”
“You must have known about the robbery case in 1993.”