必须扔了 都扔了去重庆
“you have to abandon everything and go to Chongqing”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“As long as you're in the Chinese sector and own a business,”
必须扔了 都扔了去重庆
“you have to abandon everything and go to Chongqing”
才算不是汉奸
“to prove you're not a traitor.”
“You have to ruin yourself completely just so they won't brand you a traitor.”
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, industrialists in occupied areas faced an excruciating choice: abandon their factories and flee to Chongqing, or stay and risk being condemned as traitors (汉奸).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must; have to
Indicates an inescapable moral, legal, or situational obligation.
throw away everything; abandon completely
A colloquial way of expressing the total sacrifice or abandonment of possessions or ties.
Emphasizes the complete and decisive abandonment of possessions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Abandon them all and let them starve to death?”
“It seemed like a waste to throw it out.”
“If you can't hold on, go to Chongqing with my parents.”
“She feels free to abandon me or get me back.”
“throw them out! She did that before.”
“Mr. Bai. They should've been thrown away long ago. But she can't bear to part with them. What can we do?”