战士们浴血奋战
“and our soldiers are fighting bloody battles.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The front line is engulfed in flames of war,”
战士们 浴血奋战
“and our soldiers are fighting bloody battles.”
“Provisions are the lifeline of the army.”
“Our men are literally dying out there, so we must support them no matter what.”
Invoking the blood and sacrifices of soldiers is a powerful rhetorical device in Chinese military and political traditions to overcome bureaucratic inertia and demand unwavering back-end support.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fight a bloody battle with great valor
A standard four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or literary writing and speeches to depict heroic, selfless military struggle.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“fighting valiantly on the battlefield.”
“What the hell are these soldiers doing here?”
“was found by searching Chinese soldiers.”
“What do you think we are fighting”
“the brothers of the 87th Brigade.”
“and bloody battles, we finally made it back here.”
“people buried in exam stress have nothing on their minds but the test.”
“bravely charging into the fray on the battlefield.”