我因为强奸未遂被判三年
“I was sentenced to 3 years for attempted rape.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没有
“No.”
我因为 强奸未遂 被判三年
“I was sentenced to 3 years for attempted rape.”
出狱后
“After I got out of prison,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese society, having a criminal record carries heavy social stigma, so directly disclosing a prison sentence marks a raw, stark confession of complete past ruin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
attempted rape
A formal legal term specifying an attempted but uncompleted crime of sexual assault.
to be sentenced to three years
Standard passive construction in Chinese for criminal court sentencing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he'll get eight or ten years for trying to assault you,”
“Prostitution and rape cases are endless.”
“For trying to rape a woman”
“And with the false charge of treason you have already pinned on me,”
“You are a rapist! Listen to me. The police investigated everything.”
“The victim was Xu Jingyun. Attempted rape.”