你抢劫华人船客 不怕海上瘟神知道吗
“You've been robbing Chinese passengers. Aren't you afraid the Sea Plague will find out?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
黑船
“It's an unlicensed ship.”
你 抢劫 华人船客 不怕 海上 瘟神 知道吗
“You've been robbing Chinese passengers. Aren't you afraid the Sea Plague will find out?”
“That Plague isn't that well-informed.”
“You are crossing the wrong person and you will pay dearly for it.”
Invoking a feared outlaw or local enforcer by nickname ('瘟神') is a classic way to intimidate criminals outside formal law enforcement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
aren't you afraid that...
A rhetorical pattern used to challenge someone's reckless or illegal actions.
bringer of plague / dreaded person
Metaphorically refers to someone bring bad luck, destruction, or sheer terror.
Turns the sentence into a rhetorical question to challenge the listener's boldness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard there are bandits on the ship. It's dangerous, so they've locked the ship down.”
“If it were Shrimpie, he definitely wouldn't hijack the ship.”
“The robbers are still hiding in the third-class cabin. To uphold justice,”
“Plague… the Sea Plague.”
“But what about the passengers who died?”
“I've got a ship. What's there to fear? I'm the captain.”