先死于疳霉疮之手啊
“he would die first, struck by syphilis infection.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没想到他自己啊
“Who would have thought”
先死于疳霉疮 之 手啊
“he would die first, struck by syphilis infection.”
真是可笑
“It is laughable,”
“What a pathetic joke—he died of a filthy venereal disease before he could do anything.”
In traditional Chinese perception, dying from a venereal or disfiguring disease represents not just physical demise but moral disgrace and complete loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to die at the hands of...
Commonly used to indicate who or what caused a person's downfall or death, either literally or figuratively.
Adds an exclamation of lingering dramatic irony or mocking disbelief.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you assumed he knew you had syphilis”
“and he is also infected with syphilis.”
“that this is not a syphilis infection?”
“If you were beaten by Zhao Senyao”
“I discovered I had a syphilis infection.”
“or spreading rumors”