那是一定的 但是在他们回去之前
“That's for sure. But before they go back,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Great Master. Yes. The Japanese will be kicked back to their lair.”
那是一定的 但是 在他们 回去 之前
“That's for sure. But before they go back,”
“You... live under this bridge.”
“Victory will come, but right now we must deal with your immediate shelter.”
Chinese conversational dynamics often temper grand future hopes by prioritizing immediate bodily safety and domestic stability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that goes without saying; that is certain
Use this phrase to quickly validate the listener's assertion before adding a condition or qualification.
before...
A foundational temporal construction used to place boundaries on an action or circumstance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“after we get back.”
“But there's no guarantee it will come back.”
“It's not like you won't come back, right?”
“We stopped them, but they refuse to turn back.”
“but neither of them came back.”
“I wonder if they're back yet.”