就是那个捅了我哥十几刀的人
“the one who stabbed Cheng over ten times?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
戚严
“Qi Yan,”
就是 那个 捅了我哥十几刀 的人
“the one who stabbed Cheng over ten times?”
你怎么知道他的
“How did you know him?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, violence inflicted upon family members creates a deep collective grievance that demands accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the very person who...
A common spoken formula used to identify someone through an evocative defining characteristic or deed.
over a dozen knife wounds
Combines a number approximation with a classifier to emphasize the brutality of an attack.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I busted it before.”
“Now his son's been stabbed for no clear reason.”
“The man you stabbed he's going to be all right.”
“Who wanted to harm my brother?”
“they stabbed him a dozen times and finished him off with a shot.”
“I hurt him before.”