请灵主网开一面 放过茵茵
“Please show some mercy and let Yinyin go.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这 这这这 你们还真是冰糖葫芦 一个串一个
“You... You... You're like playing a game, passing the buck.”
请灵主 网开一面 放过 茵茵
“Please show some mercy and let Yinyin go.”
私囤六个 不足十岁孩童的灵火
“She stored up the flames of six children under ten.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese hierarchical drama, when a severe violation is exposed, a subordinate's only viable recourse is total humble submission and pleading for judicial benevolence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to show mercy / to give someone a way out
A classical idiom derived from hunting, widely used in formal appeals to authorities asking for leniency.
to let off / to spare
A standard verb phrase used when asking someone in power to stop punishing or targeting someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please plead for Yinyin. I'll do anything”
“She didn't mean to defy you, Your Grace.”
“is just a sign of her favor.”
“We spirits are born from obsessions.”
“Your Grace, please make a ruling.”
“If Her Grace didn't want to, who could force her?”