我们可能都凶多吉少
“in tomorrow's death match.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
明天的生死局
“we might all be doomed”
我们可 能 都 凶多吉少
“in tomorrow's death match.”
我们
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Chinese cosmology pairs 'xiong' (inauspiciousness/danger) and 'ji' (fortune/luck); describing an outcome as 'more xiong than ji' is a classic way to express a dire fate.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
boding ill rather than well; having terrible odds of survival
A common four-character idiom used to describe an extremely perilous situation where misfortune or death is almost certain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't think my chances are good.”
“is likely to be fraught with danger.”
“I fear the worst for him.”
“(He might have died.)”