再来一次借刀杀人
“and try to get Wei Yan to do the dirty work for us again?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
偷偷告诉魏严
“to Wei Yan in secret”
再来一次 借刀杀人
“and try to get Wei Yan to do the dirty work for us again?”
不
“No.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'Borrowing a knife to kill' reflects traditional strategic thinking, where clever schemers achieve their lethal aims without getting their own hands dirty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to murder with a borrowed knife; to eliminate a rival using someone else's hands
This is one of the classic 'Thirty-Six Stratagems', frequently used idiomatically to describe letting a third party do your dirty work.
do it once more; repeat one more time
A very common colloquial phrase used to suggest repeating a previous action or attempt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he wouldn't kill again.”
“This stab can't take my life.”
“so he poisoned the sword again,”
“let alone killing another.”
“you won't do those dangerous tasks again.”
“If your blade had gone two cun deeper,”