总能保下一条命的吧 将军
“so he can at least save his life, right? General!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
功过相抵
“That should offset his faults,”
总能 保下一条命 的吧 将军
“so he can at least save his life, right? General!”
将军 我求求您救救他 我求求您救救戚九 祯娘
“General, please save him! Please save Qi Jiu! Zhen!”
“Please tell me his merits will spare him from execution—I am begging you to keep him alive.”
A deeply rooted legal and moral principle in imperial China allowing significant past contributions or military merits to mitigate or wipe out criminal penalties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ought to be able to; at least should
Expresses an expectation based on reasoning, often carrying an underlying hope or desperate wish.
to spare/save a life
A spoken expression used in life-or-death situations to focus purely on physical survival over other punishments.
Affirms the speaker's assessment of likelihood.
Softens the assertion into a tentative question, seeking confirmation and agreement from the superior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You saved my life, General.”
“I can spare your life,”
“But saying this can save your life.”
“Then you'd better keep yourself alive.”
“Fu Jiu, you must keep me alive, or you'll be disobeying orders.”
“But it surely values more than my life.”