有一个类似的纹身 你说我们这初来乍到的
“right here. We are newcomers here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在这儿
“has a similar tattoo”
有一个类似的纹身 你说 我们这 初来乍到 的
“right here. We are newcomers here.”
这儿的人能知道这个纹身 那肯定是族长告诉她们的
“If the people here know about this tattoo, the chief must have told them.”
“Someone is onto us; we just got here, so how could they know this unless it was leaked?”
In Chinese culture, being a newcomer often implies a lack of local guanxi (connections) and knowledge, warranting extra vigilance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
newly arrived / being a stranger in a new place
An idiomatic four-character expression used to excuse one's lack of familiarity or emphasize one's vulnerability as a newcomer.
tell me / think about it
A spoken discourse marker used to draw the listener's attention before presenting a puzzling fact or argument.
Functions nominally with '初来乍到' to describe their status as newcomers.
