他们本就活不久了
“♪ Memories feel just like the songs I once sang for you ♪ They wouldn't have lived much longer anyway.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我所采之心 均来自体弱将死之人
“♪ Or for our love song that's come to an end ♪ The hearts I took ♪ Memories feel just like the songs I once sang for you ♪ all came from the weak and dying.”
他们 本就 活不久了
“♪ Memories feel just like the songs I once sang for you ♪ They wouldn't have lived much longer anyway.”
这些无知民众 与其苟活于世
“♪ Memories feel just like the songs I once sang for you ♪ Instead of letting these ignorant people cling to a miserable existence, wouldn't it be better ♪ I sigh for this deep love and the broken dreams ♪”
“Stop judging me; taking their lives hardly matters since they were going to die soon anyway.”
Villainous rhetoric in Chinese dramas frequently contrasts cold utilitarian calculus against core Confucian humaneness (仁), exposing a complete disregard for the inherent sanctity of life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally / in the first place / anyway
Used to cite an existing, undeniable premise to bolster an argument or rationalization.
not live for long
A blunt description of someone facing a short remaining lifespan due to illness or weakness.
Functions as a modal particle reinforcing the finality and established nature of the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I doubt he has long to live.”
“She likely won't last much longer.”
“and there's no reason for them to live either.”
“I don't have many years left anyway.”