永远都是士兵和百姓的累累白骨
“been paved with the bleached bones of soldiers and common folk alike.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
胜利者脚下
“the victor's path has always”
永远都是士兵和百姓的累累白骨
“been paved with the bleached bones of soldiers and common folk alike.”
“I haven't thanked you for everything you've done.”
“Triumph is hollow when it is built on the slaughter of the innocent.”
Reflects the ancient Chinese philosophical view that true victory is meaningless if it brings misery to the common folk (百姓).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
piles of bleached bones / mountains of corpses
A vivid literary idiom used to depict massive casualties and the tragic human toll of war.
always and inevitably are
Emphatic phrasing used to assert an unchangeable, universal reality.