当年我就不应该救你
“I shouldn't have saved you years ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是戚严
“I am Qi Yan.”
当年 我就不 应该 救你
“I shouldn't have saved you years ago.”
我就应该让闻鸿盛 把你和你儿子活活地打死
“I should have let Wen Hongsheng beat you and your son to death,”
“Saving your life was the biggest mistake of my existence; you deserved to die.”
In Chinese morality, failing to repay a life-saving debt—or actively harming one's savior—is regarded as the ultimate breach of human ethics, provoking extreme bitterness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
back then / in those years
Used to introduce a critical past memory or pivotal event.
should not have (done something)
Emphatic phrasing expressing deep regret, hindsight reproach, or condemnation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really regret saving you back then.”
“I never would have saved you.”
“I should have drowned you in the sea.”