可你为何要借聂喆之手
“But why use Nie Zhe”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
必与聂喆离心
“from Nie Zhe after this scheme.”
可你 为何要 借 聂喆 之手
“But why use Nie Zhe”
杀了李如心
“to kill Li Ruxin?”
“Drop the act and tell me why you used someone else to commit the murder.”
One of the famous 36 Stratagems in Chinese military philosophy, referring to eliminating an adversary by manipulating a third party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by the hand of someone; using someone else as a proxy
A versatile literary construction used to express doing something vicariously through another person's actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“At the very least, we have to kill Nie Zhe.”
“This time, Nie Zhe wanted to repeat the trick.”
“was when Nie Zhe drove him to the brink,”
“Nie Zhe seized power only yesterday,”
“Looks like Nie Zhe is about to start another purge.”
“I'll release Nie Zhe at once”