你都不能跟她说半个字
“to Hua'er.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这笔钱谁都不知道 就那个花儿
“No one knows about this money. You can't even say a word”
你 都不能 跟她说 半个字
“to Hua'er.”
懂了吗
“Understood?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Emphatic hyperbolic phrases like 'not half a word' are standard spoken expressions in Chinese when establishing conspiratorial discretion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even half a word; not a single syllable
An emphatic negative quantifier used with '不能' or '都不' to mean complete silence on a topic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“don't tell her”
“no one speaks of her again.”
“no one in the sect is to speak of her again.”