没想到这帮亡命之徒 负隅顽抗
“but those cornered criminals put up a desperate struggle.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
本来是想活捉
“The plan was to catch them alive,”
没想到 这帮 亡命之徒 负隅顽抗
“but those cornered criminals put up a desperate struggle.”
所以在交火中
“So during the firefight,”
“We had no choice but to use lethal force because they wouldn't surrender.”
Chinese speakers often rely on classical four-character idioms (Chengyu) even in spoken accounts to give gravity and professional legitimacy to serious reports.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
desperadoes; reckless criminals
A formal four-character idiom describing individuals who risk their lives in lawless and dangerous acts.
put up a stubborn last-ditch resistance
A literary idiom frequently used in military and law enforcement reports describing cornered enemies refusing to yield.