那黄毛一个小孩吓得魂都没了
“Bleach is just a kid. He was scared out of his wits.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那他杀人也是我让他去的
“but was it me who told him to kill someone?”
那黄毛 一个 小孩吓得 魂都没了
“Bleach is just a kid. He was scared out of his wits.”
他知道我当过警察 就来问我
“He knew I used to be a cop, so he came to ask me”
“The kid was completely out of his depth and in total panic.”
Traditional Chinese culture links terror to the temporary departure of spiritual souls ('hun'), commonly used today in vivid colloquial metaphors for extreme fright.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
blond-haired youngster; delinquent punk
A colloquial label often carrying connotations of reckless, inexperienced youth or petty street delinquents.
scared out of one's wits
A colorful idiomatic exaggeration used to depict overwhelming, paralyzing fear.
Denotes a changed mental state, emphasizing the culmination of absolute panic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why would I be scared of a young maiden like you?”
“and ignorant young girl.”
“A slip of a girl like you”
“It's not that. It makes me sound like some half-grown kid.”
“Bleach, I'll give you two options:”
“Now the little brat from the Fan family is”