到时候你和楚楚皆受制于人
“By then, both you and Chu Chu will be at their mercy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“A den of danger awaits you there.”
到时候你和楚楚皆受制于人
“By then, both you and Chu Chu will be at their mercy.”
我们就彻底被动了
“We would be completely at their mercy.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese military and strategic philosophy, falling under an opponent's control is seen as the fatal threshold leading inevitably to utter defeat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when the time comes; at that moment
Extremely frequent conversational chunk used to project consequences into a specific future scenario.
controlled by others; at someone else's mercy
A set idiomatic phrase describing a passive, vulnerable position under an opponent's thumb.
