这里边的水可真都深了去了
“things here are far more complicated than they appear.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
世事 人心全都乱了 大爹
“everything—people, morals, and order— is completely chaotic. Uncle,”
这里边的水 可真 都 深了去了
“things here are far more complicated than they appear.”
这上海滩的水能有多深啊
“How complicated can things in Shanghai really be?”
“You have no idea how corrupt and dangerous this place really is; stay alert.”
Chinese speakers frequently use the metaphor of deep water to describe treacherous social or political situations where unseen undercurrents can easily drown the naive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the waters are deep; full of hidden complexities and dangers
A ubiquitous metaphor in spoken Chinese for situations, industries, or circles filled with murky intrigue and hidden traps.
incredibly deep; unimaginably deep
A colloquial Beijing-dialect-influenced pattern ('[adj] + 了去了') indicating an extreme, boundless degree.
Functions as part of the emphatic colloquial construction '深了去了' to denote an extreme degree.
