你可知杀人是要偿命的？
“Do you know that murder is a capital offense?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你给我喝的什么？
“What did you feed me?”
你可知杀人是要 偿命 的？
“Do you know that murder is a capital offense?”
你敢动我
“Lay a finger on me”
“Back off right now, or you will be executed for this!”
A deeply rooted ancient legal concept that taking a human life strictly demands the death penalty, frequently invoked to deter violent crimes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you know; are you aware
A classical, dramatic rhetorical phrasing used in formal or historical spoken registers to demand awareness.
whoever kills must forfeit their life
A traditional Chinese legal idiom asserting that murder is invariably punished by execution.
Emphasizes the absolute certainty and inevitability of the fatal consequence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You only killed when you had no choice.”
“But murder is illegal, no matter what.”
“and never pay with your own?”
“- Yeah.. - If you kill someone, you go to jail.”
“[Qin Yuze's memorial service] You murderer!”
“Officer, that's murder. It's against the law! Killing myself isn't.”