是不是就可以活命啊?
“could you spare my life?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老臣能够回旋
“involving the Fifteenth Princess,”
是不是 就可以 活命 啊 ?
“could you spare my life?”
押下去
“Take him away!”
“Please promise me that I will not be executed if I comply.”
In hierarchical punitive systems, lower-ranking suspects frequently bargain for their lives through high officials capable of intervening (回旋) with the throne.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
does that mean we can... / will that allow us to...
Used in spoken Chinese to verify a conditional promise or assumed outcome.
to survive; to spare one's life
A visceral and urgent term commonly used in life-or-death situations.
Infuses the question with an urgent, pleading tone.