这不做人子的东西
“That fatherless bastard!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It must have been Wei Yigui who blocked the way.”
这不 做人 子的东西
“That fatherless bastard!”
魏以圭是谁
“Who is Wei Yigui?”
“That wretched scoundrel has no moral conscience whatsoever!”
In Confucian ethics, failing to act as a proper son or human ('不做人子') is one of the gravest moral condemnations possible, stripping the person of basic social respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
acting without basic filial piety or human decency / heartless scoundrel
A traditional, literary-tinged insult used in period dramas to condemn someone for atrocious moral failure.
thing (used pejoratively to refer to a contemptible person)
When applied to people, '东西' dehumanizes the target to express disdain or anger.