那黑社会头子 小龙 我跟你说
“in our area. Xiaolong, listen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是徐江的儿子 白金瀚的大老板 咱们当地最狠的
“He's Xu Jiang's son. His father is the big boss of the Platinum Palace, the most ruthless gangster boss”
那 黑社会 头子 小龙 我跟你说
“in our area. Xiaolong, listen.”
徐雷的死是个意外
“Xu Lei's death was an accident.”
“Listen carefully to me right now—we are in deep trouble with a ruthless mobster.”
In contemporary Chinese culture, organized crime bosses (黑社会) carry an aura of extreme violence, causing ordinary citizens to speak of them in lowered, panicked tones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
underworld boss / crime kingpin
A direct colloquial term for a high-ranking organized crime leader.
listen to me / mark my words
A discourse marker used to capture the listener's immediate attention before delivering serious news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They said you're the head of gangsters. How can you let others say that?”
“There is no gangdom. We all follow the contract.”
“The Macau triads haven't dared...”
“not to get close to people like Xiaolong since you were a little boy. How could you borrow money from them?”
“Does Tang Xiaolong have a dog nose? Did he smell us,”
“We're living in a law-based society now. There are no gangs.”