行行 兄弟 你听我跟你们说
“Alright, dude. Listen to me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
走不了我告诉你
“Forget about leaving.”
行行 兄弟 你听 我跟你们说
“Alright, dude. Listen to me.”
我现在我是真没有钱哪
“Right now, I really don't have the money.”
“Calm down, do not get physical, let me explain myself.”
Addressing a hostile creditor or stranger as 'brother' (兄弟) is a conversational tactic to invoke moral restraint and soften aggression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
alright, alright; okay, okay
Repeated to quickly yield ground or pacify an agitated interlocutor.
listen to what I have to tell you
A colloquial spoken formula used to seize the conversational floor and plead a case.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I get a "welcome gift" like this. Young man, watch your language.”
“Listen to me. Move away. Brother, brother. Move away. Let's talk this out.”
“Bro. Bro, don't do this.”