四处纵火 滥杀无辜
“set fires everywhere, killing innocent people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是你们
“You guys”
四处纵火 滥杀无辜
“set fires everywhere, killing innocent people.”
这就是你们要追随的主子 要成就的大业吗
“Is this how you serve your leader and achieve your great cause?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Denouncing atrocities against the powerless ('innocents') appeals to foundational Confucian ethics of benevolence and moral righteousness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
setting fires everywhere / committing arson all around
A formal descriptive four-character phrase used to describe destructive acts of terror or war.
slaughtering innocent people indiscriminately
A very common four-character idiom (chengyu) used to condemn heinous, unjust cruelty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Regardless of your motives, you committed a severe crime of arson.”
“This is bad! They've really set a fire.”
“Once he hired his arsonists,”
“and throwing his weight around my turf?”
“Oh no. The wind is picking up. It's spreading too fast. It's too late.”
“I saw two people setting fire”