万一把这事翻出来咱怎么办
“What if he digs this up? What do we do?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
万一把这事翻出来 咱 怎么办
“What if he digs this up? What do we do?”
真到了那个时候
“If it really comes to that,”
“We are in serious danger; tell me right now how we survive if our secret gets out.”
Using '咱' (inclusive 'we') emphasizes shared liability, urging partners in a predicament to act together rather than defect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just in case / what if / in the unlikely event
Used to introduce a catastrophic or unexpected hypothetical situation.
dig this matter up / expose this past event
A colloquial 'ba'-construction meaning to dredge up hidden or suppressed secrets.
what are we going to do?
'咱' inclusively binds speaker and listener into shared culpability and mutual destiny.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we'll put this whole thing behind us.”
“If we kill the Japanese, we'll be doomed.”
“What if someone guesses it?”
“he might become desperate.”
“Unless it's absolutely necessary, don't step in yourself.”
“if he gives you the murderer's name?”