岂不是送死啊
“would be a death sentence.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
晚上去
“Going at night”
岂不是送死啊
“would be a death sentence.”
等天亮吧
“Let's wait until morning.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese conversational rhetoric, framing an objection as an obvious rhetorical question ('岂不是...') is an emphatic way to halt dangerous group decisions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wouldn't it be; wouldn't that mean
Used at the beginning of a clause to form a powerful rhetorical question pointing out an absurd or dangerous outcome.
to court death; to throw one's life away
A vivid colloquial compound used to characterize foolhardy or hopeless actions.
Heightens emotional intensity and urgency in a rhetorical exclamation.
