他们以大厦的百姓为赌注
“They make high-stakes gambles with the lives”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
由端王左右
“manipulated by Prince Duan.”
他们以大厦的百姓为赌注
“They make high-stakes gambles with the lives”
一场接一场地豪赌
“of Great Xia's people again and again.”
“These corrupt rulers do not care if millions perish as long as they satisfy their lust for power.”
Traditional Chinese political philosophy stresses that rulers must protect the livelihoods of the common folk; treating them as disposable pawns is the ultimate moral failure of authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to use ... as gambling stakes / to gamble with ...
A powerful rhetorical structure used in formal or dramatic contexts to describe high-stakes risks or callous exploitation.