都因为你的野心而死
“all died because of your ambition.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有无辜的百姓
“and innocent people”
都 因为你的野心 而死
“all died because of your ambition.”
你害了这么多人
“You've harmed so many people.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese moral discourse, sacrificing innocent lives (百姓) for individual power is the ultimate definition of tyranny and moral corruption.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to die because of...
A cause-and-effect construction used to assign blame or cause for someone's death.
wild ambition
Usually carries a negative connotation in Chinese, referring to aggressive, selfish ambition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mo Jingli, they all died because of you.”
“all died because of you.”
“They all died because of you.”
“would lose their lives for your rash decision?”
“I chose to live because of you.”
“because I was afraid you'd die on the battlefield!”