出军必经一条天堑
“our army must pass a gorge.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
按你的计划
“According to your plan,”
出军 必经一条天堑
“our army must pass a gorge.”
易守难攻
“It's easy to defend but hard to launch attacks.”
“Your plan has a fatal bottleneck that makes us vulnerable to an ambush.”
Traditional Chinese strategy heavily weighs geographical bottlenecks (险要) as decisive factors in warfare that outweigh mere manpower.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
natural moat or formidable natural barrier
A literary term referring to impassable terrain such as deep gorges or wide rivers often utilized in strategic defense.
must pass through
Used as an attributive to describe indispensable paths, stops, or prerequisites.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“strike the Tang border, seize the gorge,”
“but when disaster strikes…"”
“they clearly show that a sizable force just passed through ahead.”
“and sought reinforcements from me across a thousand miles.”
“they'll block the bridge at the gorge immediately.”
“we must use surprise tactics.”