你今天做的这件事情 我们绝对不会说出去
“we will absolutely not tell anyone what you did today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大哥
“Sir,”
你 今天 做的这件事情 我们 绝对不会 说出去
“we will absolutely not tell anyone what you did today.”
求饶我们狗命
“Please spare our worthless lives.”
“Please don't kill us! We won't be a threat to you, we swear our lips are sealed.”
In Chinese narrative tropes, promising complete silence is the standard survival strategy when caught witnessing a crime or transgression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
absolutely will not / definitely won't
A strong emphatic phrase used when giving a solemn guarantee or strict denial.
reveal / blab / tell others
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when talking about leaking secrets or breaking confidentiality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I won't tell anyone about this.”
“the night Ye Jian died.”
“Neither of us tells anyone about this.”
“I won't let everybody know this to make things difficult for you.”