并且想方设法把我们赶出长湘城
“and try every means to drive us out of the city.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我一旦踏入长湘 他一定会察觉
“Once I set foot in Changxiang, he will surely notice”
并且 想方设法 把我们赶出长湘城
“and try every means to drive us out of the city.”
既然如此
“In this case,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In narrative traditions of political rivalry, anticipating an opponent's covert containment or banishment tactics is key to survival and counter-strategy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by hook or by crook / by every possible means
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) describing deliberate and exhaustive effort to achieve an objective.
drive us out / expel us
Combines the disposal marker '把' with '赶出' to emphasize forceful expulsion from a location.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So going to Changxiang to find him this time will definitely be full of obstacles.”
“We'll go to Changxiang to seek help from someone.”
“This trip to Changxiang is very dangerous.”
“Are all you Changxiang people so hot-tempered?”
“has no equal in Changxiang.”
“you are much more reliable than our relative in Changxiang.”