如果落到杜琤荣手里
“If she falls into Du Chengrong's hands,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哪个更惨
“or being dealt with by me?”
如果 落到杜琤荣手里
“If she falls into Du Chengrong's hands,”
她可能会被扔回城寨
“she might be thrown back to the Walled City.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In dramatic Chinese cinema, falling into a boss's hands evokes the harsh, retributive code of local syndicates or walled cities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fall into someone's hands or grasp
Use this construction to describe someone becoming captive to or at the mercy of an opponent or authority.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How do you think I, Du Chengrong, got to where I am today?”
“Du Chengrong is quite a formidable figure.”
“He didn't follow Du Chengrong's orders”
“Whether Du Chengrong will come to or not,”
“will succeed me, Du Chengrong.”
“When that old man Du Chengrong called me to Shengcheng, I knew”