穆阳侯此番拿人 意在杀鸡儆猴
“Marquis Muyang captured Wang Suwu to make an example of him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
殿下
“Your Highness.”
穆阳侯此番拿人 意在 杀鸡儆猴
“Marquis Muyang captured Wang Suwu to make an example of him.”
我们不能坐视不管
“We can't just sit back.”
“He arrested them specifically to intimidate us and test our resolve.”
A pervasive political and managerial tactic in Chinese strategy where symbolic punishment is leveraged to enforce compliance without broad conflict.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
kill the chicken to scare the monkey; punish someone as a warning to others
A very common Chinese idiom applied when an authority makes an example of one offender to intimidate everyone else.
the intention is to; aiming at
A formal and concise written or high-register expression used to unveil strategic intent.
this time; on this occasion
A literary and formal alternative to 这次.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you crazy? Shut up!”
“Marquis Muyang has been executed,”
“Marquis Muyang, you are in good spirits. Even at a time like this,”
“Marquis Muyang, why seek my forgiveness?”
“Marquis Muyang, punish me! No. I deserve to die!”
“Marquis Muyang is beyond redemption.”