不过我的人 也折损不少
“I did lose quite a few of my people, though.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以你们坝隆州才不会有事
“So your Balongzhou was spared.”
不过我的人 也 折损不少
“I did lose quite a few of my people, though.”
我不会让背后的人好过的
“I won't let whoever is behind this get away with it.”
“We paid with blood for this, and someone is going to pay dearly for it.”
A Chinese faction leader loses standing if they fail to avenge subordinates who died carrying out orders, making blood debts serious matters of honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my men / my crew
Frequently used by leaders or faction bosses to refer to their subordinates or followers.
suffer considerable casualties/losses
A formal, literary idiom widely adopted in dramatic spoken registers to describe military or group losses.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the little life I have left will be worn down.”
“I...I can't spend it alone.”
“You picked flowers for me again?”
“Then I'm the only one now, right?”
“I've sent everyone away.”
“I was just... jinxed.”