又为何会甘愿束手就擒
“Why did you submit to arrest without a fight”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“why did you allow yourself to be imprisoned?”
又 为何会 甘愿束手就擒
“Why did you submit to arrest without a fight”
遭人凌迟
“and suffer death by 1,000 cuts?”
“It makes no sense for such a person to just give up—something else is clearly going on.”
In Chinese martial and chivalric traditions, submitting to custody without resistance and facing execution (lingchi) defies typical martial pride, strongly hinting at self-sacrifice or conspiracy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
allow oneself to be captured without putting up a fight
A common idiom meaning giving up meekly or being seized with hands tied.
willingly; readily
Used before verbs to stress that an action—especially one involving hardship—is undertaken out of personal choice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are we in such a passive position?”
“Why trap us here?”
“But why would they make their own soldiers suffer first?”
“Xie Yanlai is willing to be Chu Zhao's blade?”