让那戚九侥幸逃了
“we let that Qi Jiu escape by sheer luck.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
上次
“Last time,”
让那戚九 侥幸逃了
“we let that Qi Jiu escape by sheer luck.”
算他命大
“Count himself lucky.”
“He did not outsmart us; he just got extremely lucky, and it will not happen again.”
In competitive or hostile Chinese cultural contexts, attributing an opponent's survival to mere luck (侥幸) preserves the speaker's dignity and denies the rival's actual competence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by sheer luck; against the odds
Use this adverb to describe getting away with something or succeeding purely through chance rather than merit.
escaped; got away
A common spoken verb complement structure indicating the completion of escaping.
Marks the completion of the action (the escape) and adds an air of finality to the regrettable outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't get away.”
“We absolutely must not let him escape.”
“escape from this den of thieves?”
“None of us can escape it.”
“Maybe her capture was a deliberate”
“Meiyan, I must find a chance to escape this time.”