大楚十几万将士的血不能白流
“Countless soldiers shouldn't die in vain.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Is this a peace offer? This is a humiliation.”
大楚 十几万 将士的血 不能 白流
“Countless soldiers shouldn't die in vain.”
我父亲这十几年的坚持亦不能白费 殿下丢了望城
“My father's decade-long persistence shouldn't be wasted. Wangcheng is lost,”
“We cannot surrender or make peace, because doing so desecrates the sacrifice of our men.”
Appealing to the blood of fallen warriors is a supreme moral trump card in Chinese political rhetoric to denounce cowardly appeasement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must not be shed in vain
A strong rhetorical chunk typically paired with '血' (blood) or '汗水' (sweat) to demand that sacrifices bear fruit.
over a hundred thousand / hundreds of thousands
A common number phrase used to emphasize massive scale.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We people never fear a battle.”
“I believe the State of Chu will endure.”
“All parts of our state should unite against them.”
“The State of Chu treats me like worthless chaff.”
“to my nation and me.”
“but you must not die within the State of Chu.”