咱们活不活不打紧
“It doesn't matter if we survive or not.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If grain prices keep rising, how are we supposed to survive?”
咱们活不活 不打紧
“It doesn't matter if we survive or not.”
“The real problem is the Nine Border Garrisons. If war breaks out and the soldiers have no rations,”
“Our personal suffering is trivial compared to the catastrophe facing the entire border army.”
Traditional Chinese historical ethos often prizes the security of the realm and the army far above the immediate comfort or lives of ordinary individuals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not critical; doesn't matter much
A spoken Northern idiom used to dismiss minor problems or downplay personal distress.