千刀万剐 除之而后快
“hack him to pieces and be done with him for good.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都恨不得将他
“I wished I could”
千刀万剐 除之而后快
“hack him to pieces and be done with him for good.”
可是就在那一刻
“But at that very moment,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese narrative traditions often use visceral bodily idioms to express absolute moral outrage and the drive for retribution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cut into ten thousand pieces; to torture to death
A vivid idiom used to express maximum hatred toward someone deserving terrible punishment.
only satisfied after getting rid of someone/something
A literary four-character expression commonly used when someone cannot rest until a nuisance or threat is eliminated.
