我们只能听命行事
“We have no choice but to obey.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
九婴手下的六目蝶 在我们身体里种下了蝶蛹
“The Six-Eyed Butterflies under Jiu Ying planted pupae inside us.”
我们 只能 听命行事
“We have no choice but to obey.”
无支祁本就要将星石送给九婴 送上战场 毁灭人族
“Wu Zhiqi was already going to give the Star Stone to Jiu Ying, to bring it to the battlefield and destroy humanity.”
“Do not blame us, our lives are on the line and we have no choice.”
Evokes the Chinese concept of having no agency due to external coercion, appealing to the listener's empathy by emphasizing lack of free will.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
act under orders / follow commands
A common formal four-character idiom used to describe following orders without personal autonomy.
have no choice but to / can only
Use this auxiliary phrase to stress the absence of alternatives in a difficult situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We just need to follow orders without question.”
“I'm simply just following the orders”
“is merely obeying your grandfather's orders.”
“To obey commands.”
“will follow all instructions to complete the request.”