这是用九条人命换来的
“All of this cost nine lives.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也尽被流配 顾兄也得以官复原职
“Their families have all been exiled. Mr. Gu has been reinstated.”
这是 用九条人命换来的
“All of this cost nine lives.”
我破了案
“I solved the case,”
“Do not treat this as a victory; innocent people died for this.”
In judicial and moral dramas, characters often grapple with Confucian conscience, where official vindication feels hollow when innocent lives are lost.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bought with; exchanged for
Used with 'shi...de' to highlight the steep price paid to achieve a result.
human life
Often paired with measure words to denote casualties or the tragic gravity of an event.
Acts as part of the 'shi...de' focus construction to emphasize the means or price paid.