他手上有几条人命 绝对专业得很
“He's killed several people. He's professional.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我事先还调查了一下 那个道上的杀手
“I looked into that hitman before I hired him.”
他 手上有几条人命 绝对 专业得很
“He's killed several people. He's professional.”
你亲眼看到的？ 嗯 我亲眼看到的 就埋在山头里
“You saw it happening? Yeah. I saw it happening. Buried in the mountains.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Phrases like 'on one's hands' (手上有) combined with criminal activities reflect gritty spoken tropes in Chinese crime and noir cinema.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
has several lives on one's hands; responsible for multiple deaths
A chilling spoken idiom used when describing a ruthless killer or criminal with confirmed murders.
extremely professional
Use 'Adj + 得很' in informal spoken Mandarin to emphasize an extreme degree of a quality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Once a life is involved, he will surely reveal something to save himself.”
“He has been involved in other cases. They have to be dealt with together.”
“His hand had already been cut.”
“Just chop off one of his hands. Let's see if he dares to do it again!”
“I'm a grown man. I can work.”
“letting a man with so much blood on his hands”