坚壁清野 焦土抗战嘛
“Strengthen the defenses, clear the fields, and carry out the scorched-earth policy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来就来呗 大不了给他们留个空镇空村
“Let them come. At worst, we'll leave them an empty town and village.”
坚壁清野 焦土抗战 嘛
“Strengthen the defenses, clear the fields, and carry out the scorched-earth policy.”
白板
“White Dragon.”
“Leaving them empty ruins is not retreat; it is strategic scorched-earth warfare.”
The term evokes Second Sino-Japanese War military doctrines where scorched-earth strategies caused massive civilian sacrifice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fortify defenses and clear the fields (scorched-earth tactic)
A classical four-character idiom describing denying resources to an invading enemy.
scorched-earth resistance
Historically specific idiom referring to fighting a war of attrition where everything is burned to deny the enemy.
Indicates that the statement should be obvious or common sense to the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“turning the sparks of guerrilla warfare into a prairie fire.”
“Carve out his own territory and defy the new emperor”
“The Japs burn, kill, and loot.”
“I'm worried that the future situation of the resistance war will become increasingly grim.”
“fighting valiantly on the battlefield.”
“[Director Wang Pengze] They also left some cannon fodder to resist the police.”