若不是及时阻止
“If not stopped in time,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
已走火入魔
“has lost control.”
若不是及时阻止
“If not stopped in time,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The turn sets up an outcome concerning 'killing karma' (杀孽), reflecting Buddhist-influenced notions in martial arts lore where unbridled slaughter brings severe spiritual and moral ruin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if not for; had it not been for
A literary and formal counterfactual conjunction equivalent to the spoken '要是没有' or '如果不是'.
to intervene or stop in time
Collocation used when describing a timely intervention that averted a catastrophe.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you don't grasp the opportunity,”
“if we don't stop this now, it will be too late.”
“you are unable to stop it,”
“immediately controlling grain prices”
“If we don't get in now, it'll be too late.”
“If we don't catch the culprit,”