戴个口罩 鬼鬼祟祟
“You look all sneaky with a mask.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
最近长安城出了个杀人狂魔 魏振海 都要谨慎呢
“There's a serial killer in Chang'an. Wei Zhenhai. We have to be careful.”
戴个口罩 鬼鬼祟祟
“You look all sneaky with a mask.”
以前叫烧伤了嘛
“I got burned before.”
“Look at him hiding his face—he looks sketchy and could be dangerous.”
In tight-knit Chinese communities, unusual attire like covering one's face can trigger immediate collective wariness, especially when public safety rumors are circulating.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sneaky, secretive, suspicious-looking
A very common four-character idiom used in spoken and written Chinese to describe furtive or shady behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I do remember that guy wearing a mask.”
“[officer 1] You. Take the mask off.”
“Sneaking around, you really disgust me, you know?”
“Are you sneaking around to try to scare me to death?”
“but sneaking around here.”
“If there was a ghost, I'd see it, and smell it too.”