尽结交些不三不四的人吧
“But you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你天天到三叔这来 三叔欢迎 但是你不能在我这
“You come to my place every day, and I welcome you. But you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.”
尽结交些 不三不四 的人吧
“But you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.”
不是说要去放印子钱 就是要去开矿 现在好了
“First you talk about loan sharking, then about mining. Now, to top it off, you almost tried to traffic government contraband.”
“You are making a mess of your life by hanging out with crooks, and I will not let you drag me down with you.”
In Chinese family hierarchy, senior male relatives like uncles (三叔) have the recognized social authority and duty to reprimand younger relatives to protect family reputation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
shady; dubious; disreputable
A common idiomatic four-character expression used colloquially to criticize people of dubious morals or untrustworthy character.
to make friends with; to associate with
A slightly formal verb for forming social relationships, often used in moralistic advice about who one associates with.
Softens an accusatory assumption into an exasperated rhetorical conclusion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But you can't just hang around with all sorts of shady characters here.”
“but he always hangs out with ruffians.”
“Stop hanging around with these people.”