连不足十岁的小道童
“and even turned young novices under ten”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He slaughtered the entire temple”
连 不 足十岁的小道童
“and even turned young novices under ten”
都被炼成了人干
“into human fodder.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In wuxia morality, harming vulnerable innocents such as children is regarded as the ultimate transgression and marks a practitioner as irrevocably evil.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
less than; under
Formal quantifier used before an age, amount, or measurement to emphasize how small it is.
young Taoist boy/acolyte
Commonly found in historical or fantasy wuxia genres referring to youthful temple attendants.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“yet he doesn't even have a page boy beside him.”
“he's just a kid, making a mistake.”
“Please don't make a fool of me as if I were a three-year-old child.”
“you're still a virgin?”
“If the kid walks the right path,”
“as if you were still kids.”