咱们就算 一条船上的人了
“we are on the same boat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
拿着这个钱
“After taking the money,”
咱们 就算 一条船上的人 了
“we are on the same boat.”
我跟我弟弟
“My brother and I”
“By taking this money, you are fully complicit; if I go down, you go down with me.”
In Chinese social and underworld dynamics, giving and receiving money often creates an unspoken contract of mutual liability, metaphorically described as sharing the same boat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
people in the same boat / accomplices with tied fates
Idiomatic metaphor denoting parties bound together by common interest or mutual danger.
can be considered as / effectively counts as
Used to denote reaching a definitive status or accepting an inevitable condition.
Indicates a newly established state or irrevocable change of status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we are all in the same boat.”
“We are in the same boat now.”
“He thought he'd given us the slip. We phoned the captain.”
“Besides, we manage ship crews here.”
“Once they get us a boat, we'll be fine when we reach Nanyang.”
“Please help. Let us on the boat.”
“our boat has left.”
“We'll sail to the great course together.”
“Lu Zhenglian is in the same boat as us.”
“Let's get ready for boarding.”
“The 4 of us are in the same boat now.”
“Do you think we can still stay on this ship?”
“We are in the same boat now.”
“We are on the same boat with Zhang Qishan.”
“Guess who's on our ship.”