我就知道你不是叫花子
“I knew you weren't a beggar.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“are similar to my brother's. You can read?”
我就知道 你 不是 叫花子
“I knew you weren't a beggar.”
“You clearly have a refined background; there is a story behind your appearance.”
In pre-modern China, literacy was a clear marker of social class, separating educated individuals from the impoverished masses regardless of temporary destitution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I knew it all along
Used when an earlier intuition or hypothesis has just been proven correct.
beggar / pauper
A colloquial, often traditional spoken term for a beggar (乞丐).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I knew he wasn't Huai.”
“it's not like you don't know.”
“Didn't you tell me”
“It's me. You should know who I am.”
“No, that's not what I meant.”
“Haven't you already”