放过我老婆孩子吧 好
“Please let my wife and children go. Okay.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
祸不及家人
“My family has nothing to do with this.”
放过我老婆孩子 吧 好
“Please let my wife and children go. Okay.”
今天
“Today,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
An ancient Chinese underworld moral code holding that personal vendettas or crimes should never spill over to harm blameless family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let go; spare; show mercy to
Used when begging someone in power or an aggressor not to harm or punish a specific target.
wife and child; family
A colloquial collocation representing one's domestic family dependents.
Softens the urgent appeal into a desperate request for mercy and concurrence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please spare me.”
“Fine, block me from seeing the kid,”
“Please have mercy on my daughter-in-law.”
“"I'm sorry to my wife and kids," and "I can't go on living like this." He said these words.”
“Fine, block me from seeing the kid, but blocking my mother too?”
“Your wife won't let it go either, right?”