你们的良心 都被日本子吃了
“Your conscience has been eaten by the Japs.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“protecting people like you. You are the real traitors!”
你们的良心 都被日本子吃了
“Your conscience has been eaten by the Japs.”
你说是不是
“Don't you agree?”
“You have sold your souls to the enemy and have no decency left.”
Saying one's conscience has been eaten is a visceral idiom in Chinese describing someone who has completely abandoned basic moral decencies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
conscience; moral integrity
A fundamental Chinese ethical concept denoting basic moral sense and empathy.
Japanese invaders (pejorative)
A highly derogatory wartime colloquialism referring to Japanese occupiers.
Signifies a completed state and reinforces the absolute nature of the moral corruption.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and I have my conscience. I am telling you clearly now,”
“Don't you feel even a twinge of guilt?”
“Do you have a conscience?”
“We have no conscience left!”
“I thought your conscience finally kicked in and you learned how to comfort someone.”
“Be careful, or your conscience will get you in trouble.”