孙启等人的性命呢
“Sun Qi and the others?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是为何要残害
“But why murder”
孙启 等人的性命呢
“Sun Qi and the others?”
大人
“Magistrate Cao,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Magistrates or investigators often use rhetorical follow-ups with particle 'ne' to corner suspects into accounting for specific victims.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the lives of [person] and others
A formal and dramatic expression used when referring to multiple people's lives in legal or investigative contexts.
Marks a follow-up rhetorical question demanding an explanation for an unaccounted detail.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to drag Sun Qi into the water”
“the very survival of our people.”
“How could she drag large men like Sun Qi”
“and won't let down the soldiers and civilians of Great Yin who sacrificed their lives.”
“or his life will be in danger.”
“Yunkui died for the country.”