是太太害死了云姨娘
“it was Madam Ji who killed Yunxiang.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当年服侍云姨娘的玉屏 告诉她
“Yuping, who served Yunxiang. back then, told her”
是 太 太 害死了 云姨娘
“it was Madam Ji who killed Yunxiang.”
什么
“What?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical Chinese households, the principal wife held supreme domestic authority, which sometimes resulted in severe maltreatment or lethal internal politics against lower-ranking concubines.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause someone's death / to murder indirectly or directly
A strong resultative verb compound commonly used when attributing fatal blame to an individual.