不走镖了还能有个营生
“you'll have a livelihood if you stop escorting goods in the future.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这样
“That way,”
不走镖了 还能有 个 营生
“you'll have a livelihood if you stop escorting goods in the future.”
坐过来吧
“Come sit over here.”
“Don't worry about leaving the escort agency; we won't starve and can find an honest living.”
In traditional China, working as an armed escort (走镖) was perilous, making securing an ordinary civilian livelihood a sign of settling down safely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
working as an armed escort / convoy guarding
A historical term common in martial arts and period dramas referring to guarding goods along trade routes.
livelihood / means of making a living
A traditional or regional spoken term for a job or trade that sustains basic living.
Indicates a change of state or conditional cessation of an ongoing activity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but you rely on sheer luck.”
“Others rely on their skills to escort valuables,”
“♪ Let me hide in your heart ♪ So your family ran an escort agency?”
“♪ I hid you in my soul ♪ Why did you become an armed escort and risk your life?”
“had nowhere else to turn to.”
“If we don't leave now, we're done for!”