死得活该
“He deserved to die.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
作恶多端
“committed many crimes.”
死得活该
“He deserved to die.”
帮我拿去哥的房间吧
“Take it to my brother's room.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese cultural values, someone who commits numerous evils (作恶多端) naturally earns a miserable death, which observers view as righteous retribution rather than a tragedy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deserved to die / serves them right for dying
A blunt, severe phrase of retribution expressing zero sympathy for someone's demise or ruin.
serves someone right
A very common colloquial expression used to show that someone fully brought their misfortune upon themselves.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“deserved to die.”
“dead or alive, we should all be proud of him.”
“If you ask me, he got what he deserved! Should've been worse!”