你们把开枪杀人 说成是息事宁人
“You call shooting someone "settling the matter"?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
早点息事宁人
“to settle the matter early.”
你们把 开枪 杀人 说成是 息事宁人
“You call shooting someone "settling the matter"?”
“That's because she was stupid and had a big mouth!”
“You are cold-blooded murderers trying to disguise a brutal killing as a peaceful resolution!”
While Chinese culture traditionally values harmony and avoiding conflict, the idiom for 'smoothing things over' is often criticized when used to cover up severe injustices or silence victims for the sake of superficial peace.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spin/describe something as...; to misrepresent A as B
Use this structure to call someone out when they distort the truth or use a dishonest euphemism.
to patch up a quarrel and pacify the parties involved; to smooth things over
A four-character idiom used when people compromise or hush things up to avoid further trouble or conflict.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“shoot them right away.”
“shoot me dead”
“shoot me and it won't help.”
“shoot”
“Have you ever shot someone? Shot them dead?”
“I've killed so many people.”