那死去的人又算什么
“then what about the people who died?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果一切都是假的
“If everything is fake,”
那 死去 的人 又算什么
“then what about the people who died?”
我教的宝日尊者
“Lord Baori of our sect”
“You cannot just say it was all fake when real people died for it!”
In Chinese moral thought, lives sacrificed in pursuit of an ideal or cause carry immense weight, making ideological disillusionment agonizing for the survivors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what does... even count as? / what about...?
A powerful rhetorical structure used to challenge someone's argument by citing a critical, undeniable counterexample.
the deceased; those who died
A direct and somber way to refer to the dead in serious or dramatic contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what exactly does life count for?”
“am I dead or alive?”
“then I guess I have died once.”
“Someone's dead…”
“Those who are dead,”
“even unto death.”