全都死于悍匪手中 只有我侥幸逃脱
“killed by bandits. I was the only one who luckily escaped.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家人
“all my family members were”
全都死于悍匪手中 只有我 侥幸逃脱
“killed by bandits. I was the only one who luckily escaped.”
对不住啊
“I'm sorry.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When an interlocutor inadvertently brings up the death of family members, Chinese etiquette mandates an immediate apology (对不住) to show respect for their grief.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to die at the hands of (someone)
A formal construction used in narrative storytelling or dramatic contexts to state who caused someone's death.
to narrowly escape by fluke or luck
Use when recounting survival from a disaster or narrow escape where survival was improbable.
