我们都得给他陪葬
“If he talks, we are all doomed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果他一旦开口
“If he talks, we are all doomed.”
我们 都得 给他陪葬
“If he talks, we are all doomed.”
穆阳侯希望我怎么做
“What do you expect me to do?”
“If he talks, our lives are finished. We must act immediately to stop him.”
Rooted in ancient funerary sacrificial practices, 'peizang' is commonly used in high-stakes political contexts to emphasize shared catastrophic destruction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be buried with the dead / to go down together with someone
Literally referring to human sacrifice in tombs, it is metaphorically used to describe sharing another person's complete downfall or doom.
must / have to (děi)
Colloquial auxiliary expressing unavoidable necessity or inevitable consequence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will be buried with me.”
“his entire household goes down with him.”
“I'll make you join him in death today!”
“I have you guys to accompany me.”
“with you, aren't you? Isn't that great?”
“I'll make you all die with my Battalion Commander!”