也救过不少山客
“and saved many travelers.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也 救过 不 少山客
“and saved many travelers.”
谁曾料到
“Who could have expected”
“They were truly good people who didn't deserve a tragic fate.”
Traditional Chinese culture strongly values accumulating good deeds (积善), making the tragic downfall of a benevolent household an especially poignant trope of injustice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not a few; quite a lot
A common understatement used in spoken and formal Chinese to mean 'many' or 'a significant amount'.
mountain travelers or visitors
A literary term used mainly in period or traditional contexts to describe travelers journeying through mountains.