左龙 马中武主犯
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu were the principals.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've said it at least eighty times, if not a hundred.”
左龙 马中武主犯
“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu were the principals.”
我从犯
“I was the accessory.”
“I've told you this story dozens of times already: they are the main culprits.”
In Chinese criminal law, distinguishing clearly between a principal culprit (主犯) and an accessory (从犯) is paramount because sentencing severity differs dramatically based on this status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
principal criminal / prime culprit
A formal legal term used in criminal justice contexts to denote the leader or main perpetrator.