为何还要以身犯险呢
“why risk yourself like that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
既然知道疼
“Since you know it hurts,”
为何还要 以身犯险 呢
“why risk yourself like that?”
当时
“Back then,”
“It breaks my heart to see you hurt; why didn't you protect yourself?”
In Chinese culture, overt declarations of worry are often replaced by logical scolding to show intimate protective care.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to put oneself in harm's way / risk life and limb
A literary four-character idiom widely used in spoken drama when questioning someone's dangerous heroics.
Softens the rhetorical question and invites the listener to explain themselves softly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why should we risk our lives”
“why go through all the trouble”
“You knew the crime scene posed potential dangers, so why did you charge in?”
“But why take such a big risk?”
“Why did you still step in?”
“Why did you take that risk yourself?”