我还赶着坦白从宽呢
“I'm rushing to confess and seek leniency.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不听
“Not interested.”
我 还 赶着 坦白从宽 呢
“I'm rushing to confess and seek leniency.”
水泥里的人不是周娜
“The person in the cement isn't Zhou Na.”
“Stop ignoring me; we have urgent matters and critical truth to address right now.”
'Tanbai cong kuan' comes from the historic Chinese legal slogan 'confession leads to leniency, resistance leads to severity', widely appropriated into everyday humor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be in a rush to / hurrying to
Used colloquially to indicate that one is pressed for time to do an action.
confess and be treated with leniency
A famous legal policy idiom, often used humorously or sarcastically in everyday speech.
Emphasizes the ongoing state or mild incredulity, highlighting the speaker's urgency.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Leniency for confession. It's not too late to talk now.”
“I'll repeat it. Tell the truth and you will receive a lighter sentence.”
“You'd better be honest. I saw everything just now.”
“I suggest you come clean.”
“I'm giving you another chance to confess for leniency.”
“Right. Tell the truth and you will receive a lighter sentence.”