既然你们队长用人头担保
“If your captain is willing to stake his life on it,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
东北角交给我吧
“Leave the northeast corner to me.”
既然 你们队长 用人头担保
“If your captain is willing to stake his life on it,”
- 那问题就解决了 - 不是…
“- then it's settled. - Wait.”
“You better succeed, because your boss put his reputation on the line for this.”
Pledging 'one's head' reflects the historical Chinese military tradition of signing a pledge of life-or-death accountability when accepting a critical mission.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since; given that
Used at the beginning of a clause to establish a premise or accepted condition.
guarantee with one's head; bet one's life on something
A colorful hyperbole used when staking extreme personal accountability on an outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[reporter 2] A netizen revealed that Kuo Ta-fu died while being detained. Any comment on this, sir?”
“But the Captain doesn't want to miss any possibility.”
“You will take charge of the squad.”
“I am not a good captain.”
“our Captain kept suspecting”
“The Captain has actually always suspected...”