你就这么杀了他 太便宜他了
“if you kill him now, it's letting him off easy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
佩仪
“Peiyi,”
你 就这么 杀了他 太便宜他了
“if you kill him now, it's letting him off easy.”
必须让他在圣上面前承认所有罪名
“He must confess before His Majesty to every charge.”
“A swift death was a mercy he did not deserve; we needed justice and confession.”
In traditional Chinese moral order, private revenge is inferior to forcing the perpetrator to confess before the throne, restoring public righteousness and family honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let him off too lightly / he got off too easy
Extremely common everyday expression when someone receives a punishment far milder than their misdeeds deserve.
just like this / simply like that
Used to express dissatisfaction with an outcome deemed overly hasty, casual, or anticlimactic.
Indicates an excess of degree when paired with '太' (too), expressing strong disapproval.
