我们是防小人不防君子 安欣 来 到
“We stay on guard against villains, not gentlemen. An Xin, come. Yes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you want to know. Ji, don't scare him.”
我们是 防小人不防君子 安欣 来 到
“We stay on guard against villains, not gentlemen. An Xin, come. Yes.”
让安长林书记 把你喊过来 是这样啊
“I asked Secretary An Changlin to call you here. Here's the thing.”
“You don't need to be nervous; as long as your hands are clean, this investigation won't hurt you.”
Rooted in Confucian ethics, framing procedures as targeting 'xiaoren' (unscrupulous persons) while protecting 'junzi' (men of noble character) confers moral validation upon the listener.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
guard against bad actors, not honest people
A common maxim used to reassure an honest person that rules or security measures are not targeted at them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they guard against me like thiefs all day!”
“You just can't be too careful.”
“You're guarding against me like this?”
“is more guarded against his own people than against us.”
“You were not trying to keep me out, were you?”
“We still failed to avoid this.”