就不会搭理我这个小警察了
“you would have ignored a small cop like me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你会是才盛集团的董事长
“If you'd known you'd become Chairman of the Caisheng Group,”
就不会搭理我这个小警察了
“you would have ignored a small cop like me.”
“Now that you're a big-shot executive, you probably think you're too good for me.”
In Chinese interactions, referring to oneself with the prefix 'little' (e.g., little cop, little clerk) can be a polite modesty marker or a pointed, ironic way to guilt-trip someone of higher status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pay attention to; to acknowledge; to talk to
Usually used in negative sentences to describe someone giving another person the cold shoulder or ignoring them.
a lowly/ordinary police officer
Adding 'xiao' (little) before a profession is a common way to sound self-deprecating or to contrast with someone of high status.
Indicates a projected change of state in the future under the new circumstances.
