你过去怎么流氓无赖 没关系 但今天
“I don't care who you were. But today, you need to behave.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
三胖 我告诉你
“Fatty, listen to me.”
你过去 怎么 流氓 无赖 没关系 但 今天
“I don't care who you were. But today, you need to behave.”
“But today, you need to behave. You yelled at me? Come.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social conflicts, invoking someone's notorious past while dismissing it sets up an uncompromising 'bottom line' (底线) for a specific crucial situation where failure will not be tolerated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hoodlum and rascal; hooligan
A strong derogatory compound describing someone who behaves lawlessly, shamelessly, or without basic morals.
it doesn't matter; that's fine
Here used contrastively to dismiss the importance of the past in order to heavily emphasize the non-negotiable requirement of the present.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you so shameless?”
“It's alright. Ignore him. He's just a sleazy thug.”
“You are a hooligan. You're beyond help. There are many entrepreneurs”
“You are rascally. I'll be more rascally than you.”