右军怎么说 他们说 鸟尽弓藏 兔死狗烹
“What did the Right Army say? They said that since they abandoned us after getting what they wanted,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
报
“Report!”
右军 怎么说 他们说 鸟尽弓藏 兔死狗烹
“What did the Right Army say? They said that since they abandoned us after getting what they wanted,”
干他
“we fight!”
“We are no longer useful to them, so they are coming to exterminate us.”
A deeply rooted historical anxiety in Chinese statecraft where successful generals anticipate execution by suspicious emperors once external threats vanish.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
birds are gone, the bow is put away (disposing of valuable aids once victory is won)
A classical idiom from the Warring States period frequently used to describe political purge of military heroes.
the hares are dead, the hound is cooked and eaten
Paired universally with 鸟尽弓藏 to express cynical abandonment of loyal contributors.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So, you want to discard me”
“The bow is put away when the birds are all gone.”
“that we might be cast aside once we've served our purpose?”
“(before I get to enjoy all the wealth and glory.)”
“You're killing the hounds once the hare is caught!”
“However, they would burn bridges in the end.”