怕被妖给杀了
“scared of being killed by demons.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
却不敢过多露面于世间行走
“but rarely ventures out,”
怕被妖给 杀了
“scared of being killed by demons.”
没有龙神之力的龙神 还叫龙神吗？
“A dragon without its power still counts as a deity?”
“Deep down, you hide because you're terrified of dying just like any mortal.”
In Chinese myth-fantasy tropes, a god who loses power is ridiculed because their aura of invincibility is shattered.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
afraid of being (done by someone)
A common colloquial passive construction combining the verb of fear with the passive marker '被'.
got killed / was slaughtered
The disposal particle '给' here emphasizes the completion and undesirable impact of the passive action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Weren't they killed by a fox demon?”
“I could still destroy evil things like you.”
“she was killed by monsters a few months ago.”
“they fell into the trap of Xie Lingxi and were completely wiped out.”
“Killed by the skin-painted demon,”
“you personally witnessed the fox demon killing someone.”