退后 往后退 退
“Back, move back! Step back.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
退后
“Move back!”
退后 往后退 退
“Back, move back! Step back.”
退后 退后 打死他 去死吧你 打死他 打他
“Move back now. Kill him! Just die! Hit him! Kill him!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In spoken Chinese, rapidly repeating synonymous monosyllabic and disyllabic action verbs ('退后', '往后退', '退') conveys high urgency and danger.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back up / step backwards
Directional verb phrase used to tell people to move in a backwards direction.
step back / retreat
Standard imperative command to create distance or clear a space.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Go, go, go! Step back!”
“Move back. Hit him! Kill him!”
“Back off! Back off now.”
“Coming through. Make way. Everyone, please step back.”
“Here. Move back, move back. Please make way. Step back a bit.”
“[Chen-wei] Back off! Guns down!”
“Back up. Back up. This looks dangerous.”
“Rewind. Further back.”