不想让你们跟着我一起死
“and didn't want you to die with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“because I could barely protect myself”
不想让你们跟着我一起死
“and didn't want you to die with me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional heroic codes, a worthy leader shoulders ultimate peril alone rather than burdening loyal followers with certain death.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable even to protect oneself
A common four-character idiom describing a situation where someone cannot help others because they are in deep trouble themselves.
to die together
A stark phrase used in life-or-death situations to express fatal solidarity or, in this case, the desire to prevent unnecessary collateral sacrifice.