在下救过的人数不胜数 实难记得
“I've saved countless lives. I can't remember them all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可曾救过一个 被戎敌掳走的北代士兵
“did you save a Beidai soldier captured by the nomadic enemy?”
在下 救过的人 数不胜数 实难记得
“I've saved countless lives. I can't remember them all.”
你当时亲自领兵 将我送回北代边境的
“You led a troop in person to escort me back to the borders of Beidai.”
“I don't dwell on past rescues, or perhaps I prefer not to dwell on that past.”
In Chinese chivalric culture, heroic figures often minimize their virtuous deeds to avoid claiming undue favor or credit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
countless; innumerable
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used to describe vast quantities.
truly difficult to
A classical/formal adverbial phrase used to politely state an inability to do something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Fortunately, a servant found her and saved her.”
“After all, they did save us.”
“Fortunately, she was rescued, right?”
“The woman you saved”
“the one who saved me secretly time and again”
“You just saved my life.”