就被他抓去侍鳞宗领赏 这还不坏呀?
“But he captured him for a reward. How is he not bad?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那个黄鼬小妖只是偷了一件衣服
“That low-rank weasel demon only stole a gown.”
就被他抓去侍鳞宗领赏 这还不坏 呀?
“But he captured him for a reward. How is he not bad?”
他是在救那个黄鼬小妖呢
“He was trying to save that weasel demon.”
“How can you defend him when he clearly exploited an petty thief just to make a quick buck?”
Chinese ethical discourse often weighs the proportionality of punishment against minor theft, looking down upon those who exploit trivial mistakes solely for monetary profit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
claim a reward / collect a bounty
Commonly used when referring to collecting prizes or bounties from an authority.
isn't this ... enough? / how can this not be ...?
A rhetorical pattern used to passionately counter someone's trivialization of an event.
Softens the rhetorical question into an emotionally charged appeal for consensus.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Of course. Otherwise, how would he gain Shen Mo's favor?”
“Take him alive. And you'll be rewarded. Yes!”
“Bring him back to me. Okay.”
“of the Northwest to him as his fief.”
“then send men to arrest me.”
“so you can't arrest him.”