等他俩斗得元气大伤的时候
“When they are seriously weakened,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
等他 俩斗 得 元气大伤 的时候
“When they are seriously weakened,”
再稍微地出手
“make a small move of your own.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Derived from classical Chinese military treatises, exploiting mutual destruction between adversaries to secure effortless victory is a cherished pragmatic stratagem.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
vitality greatly depleted; severely damaged
A common four-character idiom used to describe entities or people suffering catastrophic damage to their core strength or health.
Functions here as an attributive particle marking the temporal clause ('...的时候' meaning 'when...').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Eat well so we can fight them.”
“We must fight against them to the end.”
“Both of them were too good at fighting.”
“those two had a massive blowout.”