赔上性命 值得吗？
“to throw away your life, is it worth it?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为了这些人
“For people like that,”
赔上性命 值得 吗？
“to throw away your life, is it worth it?”
对我们这些人而言 死
“For people like us, dying is easier than living.”
“You are throwing your life away for people who aren't worth the sacrifice.”
Traditional Chinese morality honors noble sacrifice, but pragmatic reality often prompts peers to question whether the sacrifice is genuinely deserving.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pay with; to forfeit; to sacrifice unnecessarily
Used when an outcome results in a severe loss, often implying the cost was too high or wasted.
life (as a physical existence)
More formal and dramatic than '生命', typically used in high-stakes life-and-death contexts.
is it worth it?
A versatile rhetorical question used to prompt someone to evaluate if their effort or sacrifice is sensible.
Transforms the statement into a question, expressing doubt and inviting reassessment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will pay with your lives.”
“He even risked her life.”
“You even lost your own life to it.”
“I am willing to give my life to them.”
“he sacrificed both our lives”
“I have to sacrifice my life”