九条命也不够他玩儿的
“Even nine lives wouldn't be enough for his games.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
九条命也不够 他玩儿的
“Even nine lives wouldn't be enough for his games.”
赖三送了她几个名牌包
“Lai San gave her some brand-name bags.”
“He is playing with fire and is completely out of his depth; he's going to ruin himself.”
In Chinese social commentary, when someone naive gets involved with a 'renjing' (an ultra-slick, scheming operator), onlookers expect total exploitation and disaster for the naive party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nine lives
Used metaphorically to denote resilience, borrowed conceptually to mean having infinite room for errors.
not enough to mess around with; completely insufficient for someone's reckless habits
A vivid colloquial structure indicating someone's actions are far too reckless for whatever luck or resources they possess.
Acts as an assertion marker at the end of the clause, reinforcing certainty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have nine lives.”
“I have nine lives.”
“But it surely values more than my life.”
“Haven't our lives always been on the gambling table?”
“How many lives do you have?”
“You have nine lives. Pour it to where the wind is strong.”