你说他这么 有恃无恐地拿
“Look at him took it with such confidence.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
敢收这么多钱
“take so much money?”
你说 他这么 有恃无恐 地拿
“Look at him took it with such confidence.”
“The backing behind must be powerful.”
“Nobody takes dirty money this openly unless someone untouchable is protecting them.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and anti-corruption contexts, acting without fear almost always signals a powerful patron protecting the corrupt actor behind the scenes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
secure in the knowledge that one has strong backing; having no fear because one has support
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used critically when someone acts recklessly due to powerful patronage.
tell me / look at how
Used at the start of an observation to invite agreement or reflection from the conversational partner.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he clearly fears nothing,”
“was fearless as if he knew his father”
“how could he be so fearless”
“Then... He... Wouldn't that mean he took advantage of me?”
“How can you threaten me with this?”
“That's why she's so confident.”