留身报国
“Serve the country.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么说呀 只发了四个字
“What did it say? Only four words.”
留身报国
“Serve the country.”
果然如你所料
“Just as you expected.”
“I am biding my time to serve our cause rather than dying recklessly.”
In Chinese historical tradition, preserving life for strategic national service is weighed against immediate martyrdom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
preserve one's life to repay the motherland
A classical four-character idiom expressing an intention to stay alive for a greater patriotic duty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“swearing to serve the country and its people.”
“I will always remain loyal to my country,”
“your duty is to protect the country,”