最后又抹了自己的脖子
“and then slit his own throat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他为了保命 想要招供 车夫就把他推到了我的剑上
“He wanted to confess to save his life. So the driver pushed him onto my sword”
最后又抹了 自己的 脖子
“and then slit his own throat.”
这说法
“How credible does it sound to you?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese detective and historical fiction, a perpetrator killing an accomplice or committing suicide to stop confession is a classic trope known as 'silencing the mouth'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
slit one's own throat
A dramatic, colloquial way to describe suicide by cutting the throat with a blade.
Marks the completion of the fatal action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you still frowning? This business is all over.”
“(everyone was making fun of me for it.)”
“and fly right over your scalp.”
“Apply it two more times and you'll be fully healed.”
“Put your right hand behind your neck.”
“It's okay. I'll just wipe it clean myself later.”