否则就会严加惩罚
“or there will be severe consequences.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不要有隐瞒
“Do not hide anything,”
否则就会 严加 惩罚
“or there will be severe consequences.”
小戴 你怎么了
“Dai, what's wrong?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese organizational and legal settings, high-status figures frequently invoke collective discipline and severe punishment to force compliance and truthful confession.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise; if not
Formal and semi-formal conjunction used to introduce the negative consequence of non-compliance.
to punish severely
A formal, stern four-character phrase frequently used in rules, warnings, or disciplinary warnings.