但是拯救苍生 我是头一回听说啊
“but this is the first time I've heard anything about "saving innocent lives."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
师父 查案是真的
“Mentor, the investigation part is true,”
但是 拯救苍生 我是 头一回听说 啊
“but this is the first time I've heard anything about "saving innocent lives."”
“How could you just stand by and do nothing? Zhang Haixia, you're his senior.”
“Stop being melodramatic; saving humanity is not our responsibility.”
In martial arts and fantasy narratives, junior apprentices often invoke grand ideals (like saving humanity) while senior peers emphasize realistic survival and tangible tasks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to save the common people / to save humanity
A high-register literary four-character idiom often used colloquially in an ironic or hyperbolic way to tease someone acting like a savior.
for the first time
A very common colloquial Northern expression equivalent to 第一次, frequently paired with 听说 (heard of) or 见 (seen).
Exclamatory sentence-final particle reinforcing the speaker's incredulity and sarcastic emphasis.
