自家人便拔刀相向
“yet we're already falling out with each other.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自家人便拔刀相向
“yet we're already falling out with each other.”
不嫌丢人呐
“Aren't you guys embarrassed?”
“Stop this foolish infighting; you are destroying us before the enemy even attacks.”
Chinese military and political philosophy severely condemns fratricidal conflict (内讧), viewing internal division in the face of an external threat as the ultimate strategic and moral failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
one of us / our own people
Used to evoke in-group loyalty and emphasize that conflict within the group is unnatural or shameful.
draw swords against one another / turn against each other violently
An idiomatic expression describing intense, often tragic internal hostility or violent civil strife.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“he would die by the weapons of his own people.”
“But someone on your own side will. You're wrong.”
“is where family members go against each other.”