一条白绫就赐了盒饭的庾晚音
“by the male lead, Prince Duan, and the female lead, Xie Yong'er?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
被男主端王和女主谢永儿
“Yu Wanyin, who gets executed with a white silk”
一条白绫就 赐了盒饭 的庾晚音
“by the male lead, Prince Duan, and the female lead, Xie Yong'er?”
“Yu Wanyin, whose story from begging for mercy to burial takes less than 300 words?”
“I was nothing more than an expendable minor character disposed of in an instant.”
This Hong Kong cinema slang refers to finishing work as an extra upon dying on screen, now universal slang for any character meeting an untimely end.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
written off / killed off (in a story)
Derived from film extras receiving a boxed lunch after their death scene; commonly used to describe a character being killed off.
a strip of white silk (for hanging)
A traditional Chinese literary device representing forced suicide granted by the imperial court.
Indicates the completion of the action, emphasizing that the demise has already occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If I can win his heart before Yu Wanyin,”
“In the book, Yu Wanyin framed others in the harem and committed all kinds of evil.”
“Yu Wanyin, the one who throws her weight around and harms countless people in the novel?”
“Yu Wanyin, whose story from begging for mercy to burial takes less than 300 words?”
“Yu Wanyin truly deserves death,”
“These are all the bad things Yu Wanyin has said about you.”