你们就当他还是秦宵一
“Just treat him as Qin Xiaoyi.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Stop calling him "Second Boss" from now on.”
你们 就当 他 还是秦宵一
“Just treat him as Qin Xiaoyi.”
“We'll be acting together again in the future. Just be more natural, understand?”
“Act normal around him and keep up the facade so we don't blow our cover.”
Chinese workplaces or social groups often coordinate collective pretense to avoid awkwardness or protect joint interests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just treat as; just act as if
Useful for asking someone to pretend, assume an identity, or let something slide conceptually.
still is
Indicates continuity of an earlier status or condition despite changes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Was it because of you or Qin Xiaoyi?”
“This Qin Xiaoyi is so over-the-top.”
“he's held on so tightly to Qin Xiaoyi,”
“So Qin Xiaoyi is a man of stories.”
“As soon as I see Qin Xiaoyi, I'll say just one thing and leave right away.”
“Is that Qin Xiaoyi really the boss of this shop?”