甩掉两个跟班才能回来一趟
“and shake off two tails just to come back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我演了一出大戏
“I had to put on quite a show”
甩掉两个跟班 才能 回来一趟
“and shake off two tails just to come back.”
“But Gao Luoqian has no sense of restraint.”
“It wasn't easy getting back here undetected, so listen carefully to what I found.”
In historical and crime dramas, operative characters frequently highlight the difficulty of evading surveillance (甩尾巴/甩跟班) to build dramatic stakes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to shake off; to get rid of (tails or pursuers)
Commonly used in action or crime contexts when ditching someone trailing behind you.
henchmen; lackeys; followers
A colloquial noun referring to subordinate followers or monitors assigned to track someone.
only then could manage to return for a visit
Used to express that an action was made possible only after fulfilling an arduous condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've only just come back, and now I'm leaving again.”
“You came back halfway through the intensive course just to ask this?”
“Dongyuan or hid there briefly before leaving, that makes it tricky.”
“I withdraw the cash and give it to them separately.”
“back, and you want to kick me out right away?”
“Dad, I have to go back as soon as I'm done here.”