只要这帮人不是神仙
“As long as these guys aren't gods,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也快了
“It's getting close.”
只要这帮人不是神仙
“As long as these guys aren't gods,”
“They are only human, so they definitely slipped up somewhere.”
In Chinese vernacular, calling someone a '神仙' (Taoist immortal) implies possessing supernatural powers; stating that someone is 'not a shenxian' grounds the problem in ordinary human fallibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as long as ... are not celestial beings / gods
A colorful hyperbolic idiom used to emphasize that mortals are fallible and cannot escape reality or make clues vanish into thin air.
this gang / this bunch of people
A spoken phrase that often carries a mildly derogatory or critical stance toward a group.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and call it a perfect match,”
“Being an immortal has its perks.”
“then even an immortal couldn't save it.”
“it's... It's still a fight among immortals.”
“craved immortality—”
“According to you, these guys are practically psychic.”