必定会全身而退 到时候肯定会反咬你们家一口
“he will definitely get away unscathed. After that, he will surely turn against your family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“once Commander Wu gets this account book,”
必定会 全身而退 到时候 肯定会 反咬你们家一口
“he will definitely get away unscathed. After that, he will surely turn against your family.”
到那时
“In that case,”
“You cannot let him get that ledger, or he will frame your family to save himself!”
In historical Chinese politics, legal and political retribution rarely targeted just an individual; entire households ('your family') were implicated in power struggles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to escape unscathed; to extricate oneself safely from a dangerous situation
A common four-character idiom used when someone manages to leave a crisis or scandal without taking any damage or blame.
to make a false countercharge; to Trump up a charge against one's accuser
Can be split to insert the target object between the characters, as seen here ('bite your family back'). Used when the guilty party blames the victim.
when the time comes; by then
Extremely common spoken transition used to project future scenarios or consequences.
