哥 那俩人可不行
“Those two are not good people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就得找他哥俩
“If we want to open a shop here, we have to get their help.”
哥 那俩人可不行
“Those two are not good people.”
你想想当年
“Think back, when you helped everyone get their wages,”
“Don't even think about hiring them; they have caused serious trouble before and will ruin everything.”
Addressing a friend or relative as '哥' (Brother) at the start of a warning invokes intimate trust and softens the blunt rejection.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely won't do; absolutely out of the question
The emphatic adverb '可' intensifies the rejection or inadequacy of an option.
those two people
Spoken northern Mandarin contraction of '那两个 (nà liǎng gè) rén'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Brother, let's go back.”
“Those two are as ruthless and greedy as they were back in the day.”
“Our relationship”
“is a good buddy to us.”
“It's probably a trap the brothers set up. Watch out.”
“Brother, just let him go.”