爷这火铳又没填火药
“This musket isn't even loaded.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怕什么
“What's there to fear?”
爷这火铳又 没填火药
“This musket isn't even loaded.”
今儿是没填火药
“But once you make”
“Stop making a fuss over nothing, I know what I'm doing and it's harmless.”
Using '爷' (ye) to refer to oneself is an assertion of male aristocratic superiority, conveying swagger, authority, and casual disregard for lower-status listeners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
firearm; musket; hand cannon
A traditional Chinese term for early firearms, frequent in historical and costume dramas.
to load gunpowder
Collocation describing the act of priming or loading an early gunpowder weapon.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but you actually demanded those 300 matchlocks.”
“Someone who's never at ease, pulling out a dagger one moment, and a musket the next.”
“and told me to stuff that cannon barrel with gunpowder?”
“Are you really letting him handle the black powder?”
“Then I'll trace the source of the powder.”
“There's the scent of black powder. Be careful.”