要不然给他们点钱 打发他们走得了
“Maybe we should pay them off with some money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's not that I'm worried about our sales. I'm really worried about Mr. He's condition.”
要不然 给他们点钱 打发 他们走 得了
“Maybe we should pay them off with some money.”
不行
“No.”
“Let's just pay them off so we don't end up with someone getting hurt.”
Reflects the traditional mentality of spending money to avoid calamity or physical danger when dealing with unreasonable bullies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise / why don't we
Often used colloquially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce an alternative suggestion.
send away / brush off
Used to describe getting rid of unwanted visitors or beggars, often by giving them a token concession.
and be done with it / might as well
Attached to the end of a suggestion to convey resignation and a desire to wrap up an annoying situation.
Combined with '得' (deliǎo/deliǎo -> déle) to indicate completion and pragmatic finality of a suggested action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Give the money back to them.”
“it'd be good to leave them some money.”
“I'll accept it on his behalf.”
“I'll send them to join you!”
“but he's even driving the workers out.”
“If it really doesn't work, we'll kick them all out.”