桃芝 - 桃芝 - 再跑把你腿打断
“- Taozhi! - Taozhi! - Taozhi! - Run again and I'll break your legs!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也不知道怎么样了
“No telling what happened to her.”
桃芝 - 桃芝 - 再跑把你腿打断
“- Taozhi! - Taozhi! - Taozhi! - Run again and I'll break your legs!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Threatening to 'break one's legs' ('打断腿') is a conventional hyperbolic phrase in Chinese used to establish intimidation and enforce obedience when pursuing a runaway.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
break (someone's) legs
A severe threat or hyperbole used in heated confrontations or extreme parental discipline.
if you run any further; run again
Used as an imperative warning followed by a consequence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Go on, run!”
“If you run off again,”
“-My leg! My leg! -Are you running or not?”
“I'll bear the pain and run with you for a bit.”
“[A-Hua] I suppose you could've gotten away if Officer Jen wasn't on the ball.”
“I won't wander off again.”