也是我侯光明的鬼
“you belong to me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你死了
“Even in death,”
也是我侯光明的鬼
“you belong to me.”
事已至此
“That was when”
“You will never be free from my grip, alive or dead.”
In traditional Chinese culture, sayings like 'alive you belong to our family, dead you are our family ghost' signify inescapable lifelong allegiance or binding control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Still be someone's ghost (belong to someone even in death)
A highly dramatic, possessive expression originating from traditional phrases about lifelong loyalty or inescapable control.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she had already met a cruel end at Hou Guangming's hands.”
“We need to see Hou Guangming.”
“Do you suspect Hou Guangming killed her?”
“the deaths of Pan'er and her family.”
“for his money?”
“why would she have married Hou Guangming?”