我没看到你的样子你就不会杀我
“You won't kill me if I didn't see your face.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老大 我没看到你的样子
“Boss, I didn't see your face.”
我 没看到你的样子 你 就不会 杀我
“You won't kill me if I didn't see your face.”
“Boss, let me go. Let me go back.”
“I pose no threat to you as a witness, so please spare my life!”
In Chinese cinema, an underworld convention dictates that seeing a perpetrator's face marks a hostage for elimination; asserting ignorance is a standard plea for survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
see what you look like / see your face
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when referring to recognizing or identifying someone's appearance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then let's give it a try and see if anyone will avenge you”
“I wouldn't dare to kill you.”
“You can't kill me.”
“how I'll eventually kill you?”
“Don't think I won't kill you!”
“I'll kill you now!”