万一这玩意儿起尸
“If this thing reanimates,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
快枪手
“Fast Gun.”
万一 这玩意儿 起尸
“If this thing reanimates,”
“snap that hostage's head off. Otherwise,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'起尸' refers to sudden supernatural reanimation of a corpse, a quintessential trope in Chinese tomb-raiding and supernatural adventure genres.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just in case; what if
Essential conjunction placed at the start of a clause to introduce an improbable but dangerous contingency.
this thing / this creature
A colloquial, slightly dismissive or nervous way to refer to an unfamiliar object or entity.
corpse reanimation / rise from the dead
Specific supernatural or folklore terminology referring to a corpse springing to life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Someone wanted wild animals to feed on him to destroy the evidence.”
“to attract wild beasts to destroy the evidence.”
“destroying evidence.”
“There must be something strange about that corpse.”
“But the corpse was destroyed at once.”
“you nearly became a corpse slave”