撒谎的人是要付出代价的
“Liars must pay the price.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've said that lies are the most unforgivable.”
撒谎 的人 是要 付出代价 的
“Liars must pay the price.”
“You will pay for the mistake you made.”
“You lied, and you will not get away with this without suffering the consequences.”
Chinese interpersonal ethics place heavy weight on truthfulness (诚信); violating it incurs a strong moral mandate that the wrongdoer must face retribution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pay the price
A common collocation used to describe facing severe consequences for mistakes or immoral deeds.
to tell lies
The standard daily term for lying or deceit.
Combined with '是要' to form an assertive nominalized construction, emphasizing certainty and an absolute rule.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've lied for so long, you believe your own lies now,”
“everyone is lying?”
“One of them has to be lying.”