但这连年开战的年代
“but in these years of endless war,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们也想做好人
“We want to be good people too,”
但这连年开战的年代
“but in these years of endless war,”
让好人都做不成人了
“good people can't survive.”
“Times are desperate; survival forces good people to commit bad deeds.”
Chinese cultural lore emphasizes that during chaotic wartime eras, human dignity and moral standards are crushed by basic survival instincts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
continuous warfare year after year
Used in historical or geopolitical discussions to describe chronic, unrelenting armed conflict.
era / time period
A common noun referring to a specific era, decade, or epoch.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The two of us worked together for years.”
“It's been years since Zhong Changrong guarded Xinggu Pass.”
“After years of war,”
“we are in a time of war”