当时情况紧急 我一时情急才杀了她
“The situation was urgent then. In my haste, I killed her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Otherwise, I could have learned much more.”
当时 情况紧急 我 一时情急 才 杀了她
“The situation was urgent then. In my haste, I killed her.”
无妨
“It's okay.”
“Don't blame me for ruining the interrogation; I had no other choice given the emergency.”
Invoking '情急' (acting out of sudden panic/stress) is a common pragmatic defense in Chinese discourse to argue that an unintended mistake lacked premeditation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the situation was urgent / critical circumstances
A standard collocation used to establish that immediate action was required without time to deliberate.
in a moment of panic / pressed by the situation
A very useful set phrase to explain that an error or extreme action was driven by immediate stress rather than malice.