让他愈发地对我感激涕零
“and he would be indebted to me for life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我能再救他一次
“when the poison set in,”
让他 愈发 地对我 感激涕零
“and he would be indebted to me for life.”
想起来了
“It comes back to me now.”
“By saving him again, I will have him completely wrapped around my finger.”
In Chinese culture, a debt of gratitude (恩) can be a powerful social and political lever that binds a subordinate to absolute loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
moved to tears of gratitude
A literary idiom used to describe overwhelming, tearful thankfulness, sometimes used cynically or rhetorically.
all the more; increasingly
A formal or written adverb similar to 更加, used before verbs or adjectives to denote progressive degree.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How can I ever repay you?”
“will be forever grateful to you both.”
“he will be extremely grateful.”
“Hailun would be grateful from beyond.”
“So I'm very grateful to him.”
“what Jiang Yan has endured, I feel both sorry and grateful.”
“I'm grateful for everything you've done for me.”
“Am I supposed to be grateful to him or something?”
“so of course you're deeply grateful to him.”