也不至于要杀了我
“she had no reason to kill me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那她不满意
“Despite all her discontent,”
也不 至于 要 杀了我
“she had no reason to kill me.”
她当时还 还带着汽油 还带着匕首
“She even b-brought gasoline and a dagger to the hospital that day.”
“Whatever mistake happened, trying to murder me is completely insane.”
In Chinese dispute contexts, '不至于' is routinely invoked to highlight that a response breaches proportional social and moral boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not to the extent of; won't go so far as to
A very useful spoken phrase to argue that an action, reaction, or consequence is disproportionate.
Marks an anticipated change of state or extreme hypothetical result.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't kill me! Don't kill me!”
“Don't kill me!”
“But I had no reason to kill him.”
“Or I will kill you now.”
“But you'd better kill me this time.”
“I wouldn't dare to kill you.”