还以奴役人命为乐
“and even took pleasure in enslaving people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
竟然私设伶崖塔
“you privately established Lingya Tower”
还 以 奴役人命 为乐
“and even took pleasure in enslaving people.”
“Aren't you afraid that one day the truth will come out”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Treating human lives as trivial playthings represents the quintessential moral failing of a villain in traditional Chinese dramatic narratives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take pleasure in...; to treat... as amusement
A formal grammatical construction used to denote deriving joy or amusement from a specific action, often used pejoratively.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“yet he would have to be a servant for life.”
“and wait on them like a slave.”
“Then I'll truly be left with no hope.”
“have any improper contact with me?”
“sitting ducks like this today.”
“I snatched it from someone.”