就算练成绝世武功
“Even if you master peerless martial arts,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and even caused the death of your son.”
就算 练成绝世武功
“Even if you master peerless martial arts,”
又有什么用
“what use is it?”
“Your supreme martial arts are worthless compared to the life of your own son.”
A central trope in Chinese martial arts fiction where the relentless pursuit of supreme martial prowess often leads to the tragic sacrifice of family and moral humanity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if; even supposing
A common conjunction introducing an extreme hypothetical concession in conversational and written Chinese.
peerless martial arts; supreme kung fu
A classic wuxia/kung fu genre idiom describing unrivaled combat prowess.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he mastered a supreme skill”
“Right now, I've got all this skill and nowhere to put it to use,”
“your martial arts will slowly recover.”
“but martial arts lag”
“I've already mastered it thoroughly.”
“Use a peerless technique”