如今怕是要食言了
“Now I'm afraid I have to break that promise.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
去报仇
“or let you seek revenge.”
如今 怕是要 食言了
“Now I'm afraid I have to break that promise.”
昭昭放心
“Zhao, rest assured.”
“I hate having to let you down, but my revenge leaves me no other choice.”
In traditional Chinese culture, keeping one's word is a paramount moral pillar; acknowledging 'breaking one's word' carries profound remorse and heavy emotional weight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am afraid that / probably
Softens bad news or an undesirable realization with polite apprehension.
to break one's promise / to go back on one's word
A literary idiom literally meaning 'to eat words', used when acknowledging a breach of commitment.
Marks a change of state, underscoring that breaking the promise has now become an unavoidable reality.
