活要见人 死要见尸
“Find them, or their bodies.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
全力追查沈毅一家下落
“Track down Shen Yi and his family at all costs.”
活要见人 死要见尸
“Find them, or their bodies.”
至于这个秦莞
“As for Qin Wan,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese criminal and imperial investigative narratives, commanding 'corpse or person' emphasizes that excuses or unverified reports will not be tolerated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dead or alive; find them at all costs
A classic Chinese idiom used when ordering a search that must yield definitive physical proof.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't care if she's alive or dead.”
“We must find him, alive or dead.”
“to find him or his body!”
“I want them alive or dead. Yes.”