大捷变大溃
“and turned news of victory into news of defeat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
杀了信兵
“We've killed the dispatch riders”
大捷变大溃
“and turned news of victory into news of defeat.”
只要楚都陷入恐慌之中
“Once the Capital descends into panic,”
“We will flip their celebrated triumph into utter devastation.”
In ancient Chinese warfare philosophy, intercepting military intelligence and spreading false rumors to create urban panic was considered as decisive as open battlefield combat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
major victory; great triumph
A formal or literary noun often used in military or historical contexts to describe a massive win.
massive rout; total collapse
A literary term describing an army suffering catastrophic and disorderly defeat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Oh no. Great victory! Great victory!”
“Victory at Taierzhuang.”
“Victory and safe return!”
“[Zhili Pill—A Secret Detoxifying Remedy of the Zhang Family] Let's finish this quickly and not stay too long.”
“I will fight to my last breath to secure victory.”
“but when disaster strikes…"”