是会掉脑袋的
“will make you face a death sentence?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
绑架
“and kidnapping”
是会 掉脑袋 的
“will make you face a death sentence?”
贩毒 绑架
“Drug trafficking, kidnapping...”
“You are playing with fire; this will get you executed.”
Chinese society has strict legal penalties including execution for severe offenses such as drug trafficking and kidnapping, frequently referred to colloquially as 'losing one's head'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lose one's head; to be executed
A vivid colloquial idiom used to describe capital crimes or actions with fatal legal consequences.
Used at the end of a declarative sentence to emphasize absolute certainty of an outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will cost you your head.”
“This is a matter of life and death.”
“will be guilty of a capital offense.”
“what we're doing now is a life-or-death deal.”