杀肯定要杀
“Of course we'll kill him,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不杀了
“are we not killing him?”
杀 肯定 要杀
“Of course we'll kill him,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Repeating the verb as a topic ('杀肯定要杀') strongly emphasizes certainty and sets the action as a non-negotiable premise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely must; certainly have to
Used before verbs to indicate absolute determination or inevitability in spoken Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“silence witnesses.”
“K-Killing is against the law.”
“Someone might actually want to kill you.”
“trying to silence us.”
“and even tried to have me killed to cover his tracks.”
“- Yeah.. - If you kill someone, you go to jail.”