阖府上下都被他们杀了
“[Wanted] [Notice] Their entire household was slaughtered.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What sin did the Liu family commit? [Wanted] [Notice]”
阖府 上下都被他们 杀了
“[Wanted] [Notice] Their entire household was slaughtered.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, an aristocratic or wealthy family operated as an indivisible collective unit, meaning catastrophic downfall or violent retribution typically befell the entire estate together.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the entire household from top to bottom
A formal, literary idiom frequently heard in historical or period dramas to refer to every master and servant in a residence.