为什么还来救第二次
“Why did you come to save him again?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你救了他一次
“You saved him once.”
为什么 还来 救第二次
“Why did you come to save him again?”
为什么
“Why?”
“You should not care this much; what are you really after?”
In Chinese narrative ethics, saving someone repeatedly creates an inescapable moral entanglement that demands an explanation if the parties are not aligned.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a second time / the second time
Commonly placed before a verb or at the end of a clause to express repeated actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“why did you come back to die?”
“come twice”
“Why did you save me?”
“Why go to the trouble to bind his limbs?”
“Why are you trying to save him? His crimes”