要不是自己人出了纰漏 哪轮得到他嚣张啊？
“If our people hadn't blundered, he wouldn't be in a position to gloat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“he struts about the camp, lording it over everyone all day. Enough.”
要不是 自己人 出了纰漏 哪轮得到 他嚣张啊？
“If our people hadn't blundered, he wouldn't be in a position to gloat.”
“General, what about Changping Pass?”
“He didn't beat us fairly; our incompetent allies handed him this win.”
In competitive or military contexts, admitting inferiority to an opponent causes severe loss of face; attributing loss to internal blunders protects collective pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if it weren't for; had it not been
Essential counterfactual conditional used to shift responsibility or explain how circumstances altered the outcome.
to make a mistake; to slip up
A common idiom describing an inadvertent error, loophole, or organizational oversight.
how would it be someone's turn to; far from having the right to
Rhetorical question emphasizing that someone lacks the standing, skill, or entitlement to act in a certain way.
Enhances the rhetorical and indignantly defensive force of the question.
