还不一定在哪个 舞女的床上呢
“they could be in some dancing girls' beds.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这会儿
“but right now,”
还 不一定 在 哪个 舞女的床上 呢
“they could be in some dancing girls' beds.”
“He is probably fooling around with some woman; he has no morals or discipline.”
Associating someone with cabaret dancers or brothels is a classic cinematic trope in Chinese to instantly discredit someone's moral integrity and seriousness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
might very well be at / could easily be in
Used to make a cynical or skeptical speculation about where someone is or what they are doing.
Adds an ongoing descriptive flair and amplifies the speculative, mocking tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“A dancing girl is just a dancing girl. She'll never be presentable.”
“What about me looks like a dance hostess?”
“I'm here managing dance hostesses,”
“While the dancing girls are not paying attention,”
“The dance hall is flourishing too—”
“The dance hall tonight is the main event.”