还死了两个中国人
“and two Chinese died as well.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是我听他们说 只炸死了两个日本人
“But I heard that only two Japanese were killed,”
还 死了两个中国人
“and two Chinese died as well.”
万福 你看一件事情 要看它产生的意义和影响
“Wanfu, when looking at a matter, you have to look at its significance and impact.”
“You call this a victory, but our own innocent people died too.”
In Chinese wartime narratives, discussions often contrast ideological 'greater good' with the poignant, immediate sorrow of ordinary civilian deaths.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
also died / what's more, ... died
Used in spoken Chinese to introduce an additional, usually tragic or serious, piece of information.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Witch Baba] There's actually another killer. And one more person will die.”
“And one more person will die.”
“Someone's dead…”
“or were the people gone?”
“Out of my three best friends, one's in hospital and one's dead,”
“And, because of us, someone died.”