真是造孽啊 六姐姐 我们把绳子放下去了
“What a sin! Shuang, we put the rope down.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
救命啊 我要陷进去了
“Help! I'm going to sink in the mud.”
真是 造孽 啊 六 姐姐 我们把 绳子 放下 去了
“What a sin! Shuang, we put the rope down.”
你把它缠在腰上 我们现在就拉你上来
“You tie it around your waist. We'll pull you up now.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Originally a Buddhist concept referring to generating bad karma, '造孽' is widely used in colloquial Chinese as an empathetic cry of dismay when witnessing undeserved suffering or terrible accidents.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what a misfortune / what a pity / what a terrible sin
An exclamation of dismay when witnessing an unfortunate, disastrous, or pitiable situation.
have lowered the rope down
A practical directional complement construction (把...放下去了) indicating an action directed away from the speaker.
Enhances the emotive weight of grief, shock, and urgency in the exclamation.
Indicates completion of the action of lowering the rope.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to apologize to you.”
“Please, Zhao, forgive my mistakes.”
“I'll tie you up and throw you in the river.”
“I didn't kidnap your sister and your son.”
“I'll be implicated and thrown into the sea as well.”
“It seems you still haven't forgiven me.”