也算是舍身取义了
“which could even be called risking ourselves for what's right.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We're investigating under the guise of seeking pleasure,”
也算是 舍身取义 了
“which could even be called risking ourselves for what's right.”
要不然我才不来呢
“Otherwise, I wouldn't have come at all.”
“Hey, indulging in this fun is a tough sacrifice I'm making purely for the sake of solving the case!”
Chinese speakers often apply grand Confucian moral idioms like 'sacrificing oneself for righteousness' (Mencius) to trivial or self-serving situations for comedic irony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can also be considered as / counts as
Great for hedging or stretching a definition to fit a situation, often used with a touch of irony.
to sacrifice one's life for righteousness
A lofty Confucian idiom; in modern spoken Chinese, it is frequently used hyperbolically to joke about doing an unpleasant chore for the group.
Marks a concluding assessment or judgment about the current situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have sacrificed myself for you”
“what meaning did their sacrifice have?”
“sacrifice yourself,”
“their sacrifice will be in vain.”
“sacrifice yourself”
“he sacrificed his life for righteousness.”
“and would give his own life to save others.”
“Chu He sacrificed himself for the greater good.”