还是留他们三心二意
“or even waver and secretly collude”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
留着他们让之前被迫害的教众记恨
“They'd cause grudges between us and those they once persecuted,”
还是 留他们 三心二意
“or even waver and secretly collude”
与聂喆暗中勾结
“with Nie Zhe.”
“Keeping them alive is asking for trouble because they will betray us again.”
In Chinese collective groups or traditional sects, undivided loyalty is paramount, and indecisiveness ('san xin er yi') is viewed as an imminent security threat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
half-hearted; disloyal; indecisive
A common four-character idiom describing someone who lacks commitment or fluctuates between opposing factions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And the innocent ones? We won't keep them a second longer.”
“And that's exactly why”
“you're staying here, whether you want to or not.”
“Is it really that you can't leave them,”
“I still refuse to believe it.”
“the benefactor decided to stay”