可是如果按你说的 他们是劫匪的话
“But if what you said is true, and they are robbers,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虾仔的鼻子
“Like Shrimpie's nose...”
可是 如果 按你说的 他们 是 劫匪 的话
“But if what you said is true, and they are robbers,”
那咱们现在应该第一时间 去通知船上其他的人啊
“we should immediately inform everyone else on the ship.”
“If you're right, why are we wasting time here instead of raising the alarm?”
In Chinese conversational logic, challenging a partner's plan often begins by granting their premise first before proposing alternative actions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
according to what you said
A very common conversational framing phrase used to challenge or verify someone's premise.
if... (in that case)
The standard Chinese conversational pattern for introducing conditional hypothetical statements.
Marks the end of a conditional clause, softening the tone and inviting a conclusion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She saw the robbers leave. It was either three or four of them.”
“The other was very likely from one of the robbers.”
“should be on those 2 robbers.”
“Yeah, what could this have to do with the robber?”
“Anyway, based on my observation, there don't seem to be any robbers here.”
“Tell me, who were the robbers at the scene?”