死而后已
“even unto death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
鞠躬尽瘁
“serve you with all my heart,”
死而后已
“even unto death.”
好啊
“Very well.”
“I will sacrifice my very life if you demand it.”
Deriving from Zhuge Liang's famous memorial, this phrase represents the ultimate ideal of sacrificial duty owed by a minister to a ruler.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to persist until death
Commonly paired with '鞠躬尽瘁' from Zhuge Liang's Chu Shi Biao to express the utmost dedication to a duty or leader.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- in service to Your Majesty - in service to Your Majesty”
“Wan Qianshan gave his life for the state,”
“to the State of Chu, to my last breath.”
“My friends are dead, and my family is dead too. Now,”