你们救她一命 也好过死在你们手上
“but saving her life beats letting her die on your hands.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We'll go ask for orders right now. Her Ladyship may have fallen from favor,”
你们救她一命 也好过 死在你们手上
“but saving her life beats letting her die on your hands.”
“Don't kneel to them. They're all accomplices.”
“Save her if you want to save your own necks from being charged with murder.”
In hierarchical societies, being labeled as the cause of a noble's death invites severe collective punishment; thus, saving the life acts as personal preservation for everyone involved.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to save someone's life
A very standard set expression used when requesting or describing life-saving interventions.
better than; preferable to
Spoken comparative marker indicating that one option avoids a far worse disaster.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He saved my life. Just tell me what you want.”
“So you saved me”
“Prefect, you've saved my life twice.”
“As long as you save her, I'll come right away.”
“your life was saved.”
“I couldn't save her,”