若不是郎君赏金高 我先赏你一个巴掌
“If your reward wasn't so generous, I'd slap you first.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“for offending you.”
若不是 郎君赏金高 我先 赏你一个巴掌
“If your reward wasn't so generous, I'd slap you first.”
娘子还真有胆识
“You are really bold.”
“Don't push your luck; money is the only thing keeping me from beating you.”
The verb 赏 literally denotes a superior bestowing a reward upon an inferior; applying it to physical blows (赏巴掌) deliberately humiliates the target.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give you a slap across the face
A humiliating and contemptuous phrase where 'rewarding' (赏) is used ironically for physical punishment.
if it weren't for...
A common rhetorical conditional used to explain why a restrained action was not carried out.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I'll reward you handsomely!”
“You are really lucky.”
“Young man, you won.”
“Wrong answer. You get a punishment.”
“My lord, let's get some food.”
“Young man, I advise you not to try it.”