她们应该算是正当防卫吧
“what they did should be self-defense.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她们的生命有威胁
“and threaten Ren Xiaoming's and Bai Shu's lives,”
她们 应该 算是 正当防卫 吧
“what they did should be self-defense.”
不对
“No, Zhou Na couldn't have used a knife.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese law, the threshold for recognizing legitimate self-defense (正当防卫) is notoriously strict, leading laypeople to debate whether defensive violence constitutes excessive force.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should arguably count as / ought to be considered as
A useful spoken hedge to present an opinion or judgment without sounding overly definitive.
justifiable self-defense
The standard legal term in Chinese for legitimate self-defense against imminent unlawful harm.
Softens the assertion into a tentative supposition, inviting agreement or verification.
