我们这还属于 劫富济贫呢
“We're robbing the rich to help the poor.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你以为那帮猴子们 挣的钱就有多干净啊
“You think those 'monkeys' earn their money clean?”
我们这 还 属于 劫富济贫 呢
“We're robbing the rich to help the poor.”
“The bolder you are, the more you get. Hai.”
“Don't feel guilty about taking their money; they are dirty anyway, so we are justified.”
Invoking '劫富济贫' borrows the noble ethos of ancient Chinese martial outlaws to morally whitewash dubious and illegal contemporary actions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to rob the rich to help the poor (Robin Hood-style)
A classic four-character idiom often invoked ironically or as a self-justifying excuse for unethical financial behavior.
falls under / belongs to the category of
Useful for categorizing or reinterpreting an action to make it sound more legitimate or defined.
Softens the assertion while inviting the listener's agreement or validation for the speaker's controversial framing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you saved the people in times of danger”
“Now you're broken and alone.”
“that we couldn't achieve anything.”
“our family's just getting poorer and poorer”
“would be enough to feed a poor family for ten years.”
“She was just like the rest, chasing wealth and scorning the poor.”