大家不就都有了油水
“Both sides will benefit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
回头再给娘子们一点好处
“they'll share some profits with the girls.”
大家不就都有了 油水
“Both sides will benefit.”
“You seem quite familiar with how things work in brothels.”
“Don't overthink the ethics; everyone stands to make easy money.”
The concept of 'youshui' captures informal or under-the-table profits, often used in pragmatic deal-making to align self-interest among conspirators.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
perks; illicit profits; graft
A figurative term commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to lucrative cuts, kickbacks, or illicit gains.
wouldn't it be; then simply
A rhetorical device used to indicate an obvious outcome or to persuade someone of a logical result.
Marks an anticipated change of state where profits will become available.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We won't extort each other.”
“I've gotten grease all over your hands.”
“There's no profit in it for the commoners,”
“There's no profit to be made, and I even have to use my own money!”
“It has moments when it runs out of gas?”
“I know exactly how you and Director Qian have been”