就是为了想保住一条命
“just to stay alive.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
选择主动失踪
“to make themselves disappear”
就是为了 想 保住一条命
“just to stay alive.”
可最后…
“And in the end…”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese crime dramas, going into hiding to survive highlights extreme desperation and vulnerability against corrupt or powerful forces.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
precisely for the sake of / simply to
Used to pinpoint the singular core motive or purpose of an action.
to save one's life; to stay alive
A vivid colloquial phrase emphasizing survival against severe danger or mortal threat.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ma Zhongwu's silence is a bid to cheat death.”
“I did everything out of self-defense.”
“Everything I did was just to protect myself.”