我虽然说你们是英雄 可一码归一码
“Although I said you are heroes, that's a separate matter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你是不是误会了什么
“have you misunderstood something?”
我 虽然说 你们是英雄 可 一码归一码
“Although I said you are heroes, that's a separate matter.”
我是个生意人
“I am a business person.”
“I admire you, but admiration does not pay the bills, so you still have to pay up.”
Chinese culture places immense value on social relations (renqing), but this phrase is the go-to rhetorical shield to prevent personal regard from compromising pragmatic interests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
business is business; keep separate matters separate
A common colloquial idiom used to establish boundaries when someone tries to mix emotional ties with practical obligations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let's keep things separate. Don't be so stubborn. If you keep this up,”
“Let me thank you on the hero's behalf.”
“marrying a hero doesn't give you the right to speak to me like this.”
“Back in the day, I thought you were a hero”
“Dad, I know you're a hero, a good cop.”
“You're truly a hero who is worth a hundred men.”