这些衙役怕是有所忌惮
“The officers were probably afraid of him,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这清鹤仙人虽然惹上了官司 但终究是没有彻底倒台
“Although Sage Qing He got into trouble, he hasn't completely fallen from power.”
这些衙役 怕是 有所忌惮
“The officers were probably afraid of him,”
所以 不敢动他的东西
“so they didn't dare to touch his thing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese bureaucracy, low-ranking enforcement officers often hesitated to thoroughly punish disgraced elites if there was a chance the person still had powerful backers and might return to power.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I'm afraid that / probably / likely
Used to introduce a speculative deduction, often about a somewhat concerning or tricky situation.
to have scruples / to hesitate out of fear of consequences
A formal four-character idiom used when someone holds back because they fear the power or influence of the other party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we'll just be beaten to death by these police runners later.”
“Take down these police runners!”
“Has everything been arranged with Officer Zhang? It's all taken care of.”
“Hasn't Officer Zhang already gotten the official document signed by the Prefect?”
“But you'll have to lure the police runners away from the door first.”
“please give the casualties among the police runners”