骗他们说你们是地府的鬼差
“Tell them you are underworld ghost guards and that,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
认得你们脸的人
“people who recognized your faces.”
骗他们说 你们 是 地府 的 鬼差
“Tell them you are underworld ghost guards and that,”
“for the sake of an old acquaintance,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Invoking the fear of ghosts and underworld officials was historically a potent folklore-based method to intimidate or bewilder commoners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
trick them by saying
A colloquial frame used when introducing a lie or false pretext told to others.
hell emissary / underworld runner
A cultural term from Chinese folklore referring to spirits tasked with escorting souls.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Send them to the underworld to serve as slaves.”
“Add the illusion of resurrection and ghostly messengers,”
“Here or in the Underworld, I'll make you pay.”
“You still won't leave me alone even in death.”
“Because she killed Mr. Gui.”
“Unless you've got a guilty conscience?”