你真的是一时起意 去杀的廖光永吗
“So did you really kill Liao Guangyong on impulse?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以
“So did you really kill Liao Guangyong on impulse?”
你真的是 一时起意 去杀的廖光永吗
“So did you really kill Liao Guangyong on impulse?”
你们有孩子吗
“Do you have children?”
“I do not believe it was an impulse; tell me the real, calculated motive.”
In Chinese criminal justice, differentiating between impulsive crimes (激情犯罪/一时起意) and premeditated acts carries significant weight in determining criminal intent and sentencing severity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on an impulse / spur of the moment
A common legal and formal idiom describing an act committed on a sudden impulse rather than premeditation.
Marks a direct question while carrying an underlying tone of doubt regarding the truthfulness of the statement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Must you go to kill him now?”
“That's when you decided to kill her.”
“A fleeting crush is just an illusion.”
“I seriously feel like killing you right now.”
“Someone might actually want to kill you.”
“You are the one I plan to kill.”