咱们的勾当 警察迟早会知道的
“What we're doing... the cops will find out sooner or later.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我们还 继续干吗 继续啊
“So do we... keep going? Of course we do.”
咱们的 勾当 警察 迟早会知道 的
“What we're doing... the cops will find out sooner or later.”
“While I can still make money, I need to save up more for Youyou.”
“We are playing with fire and going to end up in prison if we don't quit now.”
Colloquial Chinese frequently pairs illegal actions with certainty markers like '迟早' (sooner or later) to reflect the inevitability of getting caught.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
shady business / dirty deal / illicit activities
A noun with a strong derogatory connotation, used exclusively for unethical or illegal activities.
sooner or later
Used as an adverb before a verb or clause to denote an inevitable future outcome.
Placed at the end of the clause to assert certainty about the future outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you get caught by the police, we're all doomed.”
“She knew clearly that the cop was investigating us,”
“able to uncover our backgrounds so quickly”
“We're investigating a case. Be serious.”