你先躲二十分钟 我去办点事就来
“Hide here for 20 minutes. I'll go take care of something and come back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Finish it before our mentor finds out. Otherwise, we'll both be in trouble.”
你先 躲二十分钟 我去 办点事 就来
“Hide here for 20 minutes. I'll go take care of something and come back.”
“You're injured this badly. Where are you even going?”
“Lay low and don't make trouble; leave this dangerous part to me.”
Vague phrasing like 'handling a matter' avoids alarming the listener with dangerous operational details while maintaining initiative.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
take care of some business / handle a matter
A very common colloquial euphemism used to vaguely refer to an errand, task, or critical personal mission.
will be right there / returning shortly
Used to reassure the listener that an absence will be brief and they will return soon.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've been hiding for days,”
“Find somewhere to hide, now!”
“Should we hide for a bit?”
“weren't you told to hide first?”
“Go hide for a while.”
“And it's better to lay low.”