在场的没有一个怕死的 但我们不能白死
“No one here is afraid to die. But we shouldn't die in vain!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在场的 没有 一个 怕死 的 但我们 不能 白死
“No one here is afraid to die. But we shouldn't die in vain!”
“If we fail to repel our enemies,”
“We are ready to die, but only if our deaths actually accomplish something.”
Dying with honor requires that the sacrifice serves a greater purpose; dying meaningless or 'white' (白白牺牲) is viewed as foolish rather than heroic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fear death; cowardly
Often used in spoken challenges or oaths to prove courage or question someone's guts.
to die in vain; to die pointlessly
The prefix '白' here means 'fruitlessly' or 'without achieving anything'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And you will die from it.”
“To put it bluntly, you're afraid we'll die here,”
“If you're afraid of dying, I can go alone. I'm not afraid of dying.”
“I don't want to see anyone else die in front of me.”
“but I am afraid of dying at the hands of a Chinese.”
“It won't kill him, but it'll leave him in misery.”