他进九宫迷狱之前 恨不得将我千刀万剐
“Before he entered the Prison, he wanted me torn to pieces.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他进九宫迷狱之前 恨不得 将我 千刀万剐
“Before he entered the Prison, he wanted me torn to pieces.”
“Why would I light his soul candle?”
“He wanted me dead, so why on earth am I expected to go out of my way to help him?”
The idiom 'qian dao wan gua' derives from ancient imperial execution practices and remains a potent dramatic metaphor in spoken Chinese for ultimate, unforgiving vengeance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
itching to / dying to / wish one could
Used to describe an intense, urgent desire to do something, often negative or extreme.
to cut into pieces / death by a thousand cuts
An idiomatic hyperbole used to express intense hatred and the wish for another person's complete destruction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I used to believe Master Wan's autopsy skills were unmatched.”
“It's time for Master Wan to leave and prepare to attend the royal banquet.”
“I'll make him pay for every bit of it.”
“there is something that Jiu Ying must never see.”
“Turns out, even sealed by the nine dragon sons,”
“Did Miss Qin really cut open the corpse's abdomen?”