Upper-Intermediate - Black Market Gun Deal (D0428)

想买家伙吗？
xiǎng mǎi jiāhuo ma ？
Wanna buy a piece?

废话，到这儿来就是为了这个。你有吗？
fèihuà ，dào zhèr5 lái jiùshì wéile zhège 。nǐ yǒu ma ？
What do you think—that’s what people come here for. Got any?

要什么有什么。现在就可以看，都是现货。
yào shénme yǒu shénme 。xiànzài jiù kěyǐ kàn ，dōu shì xiànhuò 。
You want it, we got it. You can take a look now. Everything’s in stock.

安全吗？
ānquán ma ？
Is it safe?

放心吧。跟我走。
fàngxīn ba 。gēn wǒ zǒu 。
Relax. Come with me.

哇，你这儿真是什么都有。
wā ，nǐ zhèr5 zhēnshì shénme dōu yǒu 。
Whoa! You really have everything here.

怎么样，长见识了吧！
zěnmeyàng ，zhǎng jiànshi le ba ！
That’s what I told you, right?

这些都是什么枪？
zhèxiē dōu shì shénme qiāng ？
What kind of guns are these?

这把是五四式手枪。那把是冲锋枪，从俄罗斯走私进来的。质量绝对一流！
zhè bǎ shì wǔsì shì shǒuqiāng 。nà bǎ shì chōngfēngqiāng ，cóng éluósī zǒusī jìnlái de 。zhìliàng juéduì yīliú ！
This one is a Type 54 handgun. That one is a submachine gun, smuggled in from Russia. The quality is totally top-notch.

看来，你胆子可不小啊！连这种东西都敢放在家里。
kànlai ，nǐ dǎnzi kě bù xiǎo ā ！lián zhèzhǒng dōngxi dōu gǎn fàng zài jiālǐ 。
Seems you’ve got a lot of nerve! You even keep this kind of thing in your home.

嗨，人在江湖身不由己。做我们这种买卖就是要担风险的。你想买什么枪？
hāi ，rén zài jiānghú shēnbùyóujǐ 。zuò wǒmen zhèzhǒng mǎimài jiùshì yào dān fēngxiǎn de 。nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme qiāng ？
Hey, people in this line of work have no choice. When you do this kind of business you have to take risks. Which gun do you wanna buy?

用来防身的。小口径手枪就行。
yònglái fángshēn de 。xiǎo kǒujìng shǒuqiāng jiù xíng 。
It’s for self-protection. A small caliber handgun would be fine.

你看看这把怎么样？
nǐ kànkan zhè bǎ zěnmeyàng ？
What do you think of this one?

不许动！举起手来！你已经被特警部队包围了。
bùxǔ dòng ！jǔqǐ shǒu lái ！nǐ yǐjīng bèi tèjǐng bùduì bāowéi le 。
Don’t move! Put up your hands! You’ve been surrounded by the special forces police unit!

你非法买卖枪支，我们现在拘捕你。
nǐ fēifǎ mǎimài qiāngzhī ，wǒmen xiànzài jūbǔ nǐ 。
You’re illegally trafficking in firearms. You are now under arrest.

什么？你是卧底！
shénme ？nǐ shì wòdǐ ！
What? You’re an undercover agent!

Vocabulary

冲锋枪	chōngfēngqiāng	submachine gun
现货	xiànhuò	in stock
长见识	zhǎng jiànshi	to have gained experience
走私	zǒusī	to smuggle
一流	yīliú	top-grade
人在江湖身不由己	rén zài jiānghú shēnbùyóujǐ	people in this line of work have no choice
风险	fēngxiǎn	risk
防身	fángshēn	self-protection
小口径	xiǎo kǒujìng	small-caliber
拘捕	jūbǔ	to arrest
卧底	wòdǐ	undercover agent; undercover
代号	dàihào	codename
学术	xuéshù	learning, academia
亲身经历	qīnshén jīnglì	personal experience
增长	zēngzhǎng	increase; grow
长个子	zhǎng gèzi	get taller
大批量	dà pīliàng	large quantity
机枪	jīqiāng	machine gun
俗话	súhuà	common saying; proverb
合法	héfǎ	lawful
大侠	dàxiá	knight-errant
武功	wǔgōng	gest
黑社会	hēishèhuì	criminal underworld
承担	chéngdān	bear; undertake
戏剧性	xìjùxìng	dramatic
警匪片	jǐngfěipiàn	cop and robber movie