你黑心赚几个臭钱也就算了
“I don't care if you make dirty money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
宋青松
“Song Qingsong,”
你 黑心 赚几个 臭钱 也就算了
“I don't care if you make dirty money.”
你真敢去杀人啊
“But you actually killed someone.”
“I can overlook your corrupt greed, but turning into a murderer is utterly insane.”
In Chinese social ethics, minor moral flaws like greed are often tolerated, but violating absolute human bottom lines like murder triggers total moral repudiation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
black-hearted / unscrupulous
An adjective applied to unethical individuals or illicit business practices driven purely by greed.
filthy lucre / dirty money
A derogatory term used to express contempt for illicitly or greedily acquired wealth.
let it slide / fine if it were just that
Used to concede a lesser offense before bringing up a far more serious transgression.
Combined with '就算' to mark a concluded concession or tolerated state.
