就算有鬼 吓都吓了
“Even if there are ghosts, we've already been scared.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你听我说
“listen to me.”
就算有 鬼 吓都吓了
“Even if there are ghosts, we've already been scared.”
“We already suffered the terror, so backing out empty-handed makes no sense.”
Reflects the common psychological reluctance to quit midway when hardship has already been endured, framed as avoiding being 'at a loss' (吃亏).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even granted that
Used to introduce a hypothetical concession before presenting the main counterargument.
we have already been scared anyway / the fright is already done
A colloquial pattern '[Verb] 都 [Verb] 了' expressing that an action or consequence is already irreversible.
Marks completed aspect and underscores that the fear or event has already occurred irrevocably.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ghost! There's a ghost!”
“If there was a ghost, I'd see it, and smell it too.”
“Only those with guilt fear ghosts.”
“Who knows if this is a scheme?”
“Unless you've got a guilty conscience?”
“But I have nothing to hide.”