但他们可不是黑社会
“But they are not gangsters.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对
“Yes.”
但他们可不是黑社会
“But they are not gangsters.”
这八区仔
“These Eighth District fellows”
“Do not dismiss them as common criminals; they operate by a different code.”
In Chinese narrative tradition, local brotherhoods or martial groups often reject the label of organized crime, asserting that they adhere to chivalric justice rather than illicit villainy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely not / by no means
Used in spoken Mandarin to strongly refute an assumption or emphasize a negative contrast.
underworld / organized crime / mafia
Common noun used to refer to criminal syndicates or gangs.