这告急时就成了奸细？
“but those bringing ill tidings are suddenly spies?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So dispatch riders bearing good news are trustworthy,”
这告急时 就成了奸细 ？
“but those bringing ill tidings are suddenly spies?”
这可如何是好？
“What should we do then?”
“You only call him a spy because you do not want to hear the bad news.”
Branding inconvenient messengers or whistleblowers as 'spies' was a classic bureaucratic tactic to suppress bad news and avoid military mobilization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to report an emergency / sound the alarm
A formal term used in military, administrative, or resource contexts when a situation becomes critical.
spy / traitor within
A traditional historical term for covert operatives or traitors feeding intelligence to enemies.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“for half a month would reveal the traitor.”
“He is another spy”
“Either show evidence to prove we are spies”
“You spy, drop the act.”
“Back then, you even suspected I was a spy.”
“They might even be enemies or spies.”