管他是拿去供奉神仙还是活人
“whether he's offering it to immortals or living people,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他既开口要了
“Since he specifically asked for it,”
管他是 拿去 供奉神仙还是活人
“whether he's offering it to immortals or living people,”
定有他的用处
“he must have his own purpose for it.”
“It doesn't matter what he uses it for; as long as he asked for it, we just provide it.”
Chinese merchants traditionally favored discretion, adhering to the principle that inquiring too deeply into a powerful patron's affairs brings unnecessary trouble.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
regardless of whether it is / who cares if it is
A spoken pattern expressing pragmatic unconcern or dismissal of unimportant variables.
to make offerings to / to consecrate
Typically refers to ritual or religious offerings made to deities, spirits, or exalted figures.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“People feed the cultivating sects with supplies.”
“your acting on the so-called gods' word”
“and consecrate it for eighty-one days. Then cast it into the Han River,”
“to pay homage to Master Shenguan”
“If anything, shouldn't it be paper money?”
“Deities bless the people”