霍大人这回可真是豁出去了
“Prefect Huo really has staked everything on it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
连兄弟们和私房钱都用上了
“Calling them "guys" and even using personal funds.”
霍大人这回 可真 是 豁出去了
“Prefect Huo really has staked everything on it.”
他的治下连出不赦大案
“With back-to-back heinous crimes in his jurisdiction,”
“Huo is backed into a corner and betting his entire career and life on this.”
In historical Chinese governance, widespread unpardonable crimes under an official's jurisdiction meant potential death or disgrace, explaining why one would risk personal fortunes to resolve the crisis.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to go all out; to risk everything regardless of consequences
A highly colloquial, expressive idiom used when someone commits fully to a desperate or bold course of action.
really is; truly is
An emphatic spoken structure used to reinforce the truth or intensity of an evaluation.
Functions within the fixed expression '豁出去了' to mark the finalized transition into a state of total reckless commitment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Were you trying to force him to confess by torture?”
“Prefect Huo, please get a physician for Wei Qizhi right now.”
“You seem to have thought highly of yourself.”
“There's no issue if it's Lord Gao alone.”
“After all these twists and turns,”
“It would be a real joke”