- 人面兽心 - 若不是他害死了楚将军
“He's a monster in human skin! If he is innocent of General Chu's murder, why submit to punishment so readily?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“General Chu died a senseless death, and we cannot stomach this injustice!”
- 人面兽心 - 若不是 他 害死了 楚将军
“He's a monster in human skin! If he is innocent of General Chu's murder, why submit to punishment so readily?”
怎会甘愿受罚？ 你们谁亲眼看到他杀人了？
“If he is innocent of General Chu's murder, why submit to punishment so readily? Did any of you actually witness him commit the murder?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese historical ethos, subordinates feel a profound moral obligation to avenge a respected general whose death was brought about through betrayal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a beast in human disguise / monstrous hypocrite
A strong four-character idiom (chengyu) used to condemn someone outwardly decent but inwardly malicious.
if it were not for
A common conditional pattern used to introduce a hypothetical cause behind an outcome.
