在外面看着谁也不许进来
“Watch the outside, don't let anyone in.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
出去
“Get out.”
在外面看着谁也不许进来
“Watch the outside, don't let anyone in.”
是
“Yes, sir.”
“Guard the door and make sure no one interrupts me under any circumstance.”
Direct imperative prohibitions like '谁也不许' without polite markers reflect strong hierarchical disparity where the subordinate's sole expected response is immediate acknowledgment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
keep watch outside; stay outside and guard
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to assign someone lookout duty.
nobody is allowed to; no one may
An emphatic prohibition pattern where '谁也不许' leaves no exceptions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Keep an eye on that guy at the door. Don't let him in.”
“People can't just walk in here, right?”
“You can't bring outsiders in. Don't you know that?”
“No one else can enter.”
“No one is allowed to enter or see anything.”