要不然到时候我进去了 悠悠一个人在外面
“Otherwise, when I get locked up, and Youyou's out here all alone...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“While I can still make money, I need to save up more for Youyou.”
要不然 到时候 我进去 了 悠悠 一个人在外面
“Otherwise, when I get locked up, and Youyou's out here all alone...”
靠什么生存
“how's she gonna survive?”
“I know what I'm doing is risky, but I have no choice if I want to protect Youyou.”
In spoken Chinese, people avoid blunt terms like '坐牢' (serve a prison sentence) and commonly say '进去' (go inside) as a pragmatic euphemism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise; or else
Colloquial connective used to explain what negative outcome would occur if an action isn't taken.
when the time comes; at that time
Extremely frequent marker indicating a foreseeable future situation.
to go inside (euphemism for going to prison / jail)
Very common slang/euphemism referring to being locked up or imprisoned.
Indicates a realized or prospective change of state into imprisonment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Later I'll go in myself. Don't follow me.”
“After I enter that place,”
“When you're inside, do you know what to say?”
“Wait a minute. You can't go in.”
“Wait a second before you go in. Wait.”
“Wait outside for me. I'll come out shortly. Yes.”