算你命大呀
“You're quite lucky.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
念其过往功绩 免其连坐之责
“Considering his past merits, he's exempted from the collective punishment.”
算你 命大 呀
“You're quite lucky.”
我等待了八年
“(I waited for eight years.)”
“You got off easy this time, but don't think you truly won.”
In Chinese fatalism, surviving great peril is often attributed to having a 'large fate' (命大), meaning one's destiny is strong enough to withstand lethal misfortune.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
consider yourself lucky to have survived; you're lucky to be alive
A colloquial set phrase used to comment on someone who narrowly avoided disaster, often delivered teasingly or begrudgingly.
Softens the assertion while adding an ironic, mocking, or sighing nuance to the remark.