被一场大火烧的一干二净
“(South and North Villages, Tuoxi River) were burned to the ground by a fire.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
云落村五十四条人命
“Fifty-four lives in Yunluo Village”
被 一场大 火烧 的 一干二净
“(South and North Villages, Tuoxi River) were burned to the ground by a fire.”
这不只是崔氏
“This wasn't just about Madam Cui”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Destructive fires eliminating whole settlements are frequent plot devices in Chinese dramatic storytelling denoting cover-ups or severe historic grievance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thoroughly / completely clean / without a trace
An idiom describing total depletion, elimination, or destruction, leaving nothing behind.
massive fire / conflagration
Standard collocation used when referring to severe fire disasters.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and we've also sold the match factory, we'll be completely out of resources.”
“The two were like dry wood meeting fire,”
“They're kind of on fire right now.”