罪该万死
“deserve to die for my crimes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
臣
“I”
罪该万死
“deserve to die for my crimes.”
臣
“I”
“Please spare my life; I acknowledge complete fault and submit totally to your mercy.”
Confessing extreme guilt was an essential face-giving and self-protective ritual in imperial China to appease an absolute ruler.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deserving ten thousand deaths / guilty of a heinous crime
A stock dramatic formula used by subjects to confess guilt or failure to a monarch.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“so sinful and deserve to die.”
“And I would be guilty beyond all redemption.”
“they all deserve to die for what they did.”
“That man deserved to die.”
“ten thousand deaths wouldn't be enough to pardon you.”
“Your Majesty, I'm here to seek your forgiveness.”
“We bear unforgivable blame for this. Even if we have to pay compensation,”