判个流三千里不为过
“exiling you 3,000 miles away is not excessive.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
以你的累累罪行
“Given your numerous crimes,”
判个流三千里 不为过
“exiling you 3,000 miles away is not excessive.”
去陕西吧 找二哥
“Go to Shaanxi and find Second Brother.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial Chinese penal codes, banishment to remote frontier regions was one of the five major punishments, intended to punish the felon while sparing execution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not excessive; completely justified
Placed after a proposed assessment or penalty to indicate that it is totally reasonable under the circumstances.
exile for three thousand li (penal servitude)
Refers to the classic maximum penalty of exile under traditional imperial Chinese law.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“warrant exile for 1,000 km.”
“Thirty thousand, not a cent less. Count it.”
“That 30 million is really a hot potato.”
“Give him triple the pay. Alright.”
“drunk three hundred days a year."”
“Sanjiangkou really can't do without you.”