让他付出代价
“was to let him pay off the debt.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我当时只是想
“All I wanted to do”
让 他 付出代价
“was to let him pay off the debt.”
唐律师
“Attorney Tang,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In legal consultations, clients frequently confuse emotional desire for vengeance ('making someone pay') with actionable legal remedies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pay the price; suffer consequences
A very common idiom used when someone must bear the negative repercussions or punitive costs of their actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will have to pay the price.”
“he has to pay the price for his own actions.”
“I will have him pay the price for what he has done.”