百姓何辜啊
“What crime did the common people commit?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
放眼望去 全是散兵游勇 丢盔卸甲 惨不忍睹
“Looking around, there were stragglers everywhere, abandoning their armor and weapons. It was a miserable sight.”
百姓何辜 啊
“What crime did the common people commit?”
逃命的 反抗的
“Fleeing, resisting,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Rooted in traditional Confucian philosophy, leaders and intellectuals often measure the tragedy of war by the needless misery inflicted upon common civilians (百姓).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
common people; ordinary citizens
A classic term used widely across literary and spoken Chinese to describe everyday civilians as opposed to officials or soldiers.
what crime or sin (have they committed); blameless
A classical rhetorical expression used to mourn the unjust suffering of innocent people.
Intensifies the rhetorical exclamation of sorrow and moral outrage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“To me, it looks more like a flowerpot.”
“That's stupid of you.”
“Huang.”
“Huang.”
“Huang.”
“Huang.”