有不少人捡回一条命
“survived the great battle.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当年大战
“Many”
有不少 人 捡回一条命
“survived the great battle.”
我将他们一个个找到
“I tracked them down one by one,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Describing survival as 'picking back up a life' reflects a traditional view where fate holds one's life in the balance, and surviving a catastrophe feels like reclaiming something already lost.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to narrowly escape death / to survive against the odds
Literally 'to pick back up a life'. A very common, vivid idiom used in everyday speech to describe surviving a fatal accident, illness, or battle.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This is such a precious human life.”
“These people barely escaped death.”
“by sheer luck.”
“After all, they did save us.”
“And, because of us, someone died.”
“All of this cost nine lives.”