高启强虽然进去了 他手底下那些马仔还在
“Although Gao Qiqiang is in prison, his men are still out there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没有人注意到我
“No one will notice me.”
高启强虽然 进去了 他手底下那些 马仔 还在
“Although Gao Qiqiang is in prison, his men are still out there.”
现在是最危险的时候
“Now is the most dangerous time.”
“Don't celebrate yet—his thugs are still on the loose and can easily hunt you down.”
Spoken Chinese often uses direction verbs like '进去' (go in) to obliquely refer to police detention and incarceration without uttering formal legal terms.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
got locked up / sent to prison / detained
A widespread colloquial euphemism for being arrested or serving prison time.
under someone's command / subordinates
Informal term for henchmen, crew, or direct subordinates.
henchmen / lackeys / foot soldiers
A Cantonese loanword widely adopted into Mandarin to pejoratively describe low-level gang members or stooges.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Gao Qiqiang pushed me too hard.”
“Gao Qiqiang is sophisticated. Things are complicated.”
“Gao Qiqiang to try to give us a hard time so soon.”
“Gao Qiqiang is so powerful. You should know better than to mess with him.”
“Gao Qiqiang made his first bucket of money here.”
“what exactly Gao Qiqiang has on us.”