是陈七杀把你放进箱子里的？
“Was it Chi-sha who put you there?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
香灰
“Incense.”
是 陈七杀 把 你放进箱子里 的 ？
“Was it Chi-sha who put you there?”
为什么？
“But why?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese criminal inquiries or interrogations, using 'shi...de' shifts the emphasis specifically onto the identity of the perpetrator rather than the occurrence of the event itself.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to put something/someone into...
A classic 'ba' disposal structure used when an action exerts a direct effect and alters the location of an object.
Part of the 'shi...de' construction, focusing on and emphasizing the agent who committed the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Chen Chi-sha? You said he's big trouble.”
“What does Chi-sha want to do?”
“Chen Chi-sha was a useless old man.”
“Yeah, but Chen Chi-sha has already retired. - Why would he be behind it? - This is Vasavatti.”
“At that time, he promised me he'd retire,”
“Hey, Chen Chi-sha has killed so many people.”