千刀万剐而死啊
“and put to a brutal execution.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
任他被人所害
“In the end, he was falsely accused”
千刀万剐 而死啊
“and put to a brutal execution.”
“No wonder his wife was so furious—”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Originally referring to the historical punishment of slow slicing, this phrase survives in modern Chinese as an idiom conveying both unspeakable physical torment and intense emotional bitterness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
death by a thousand cuts / sliced to pieces
A dramatic 4-character idiom referring to cruel execution or used metaphorically to express extreme suffering or hatred.
Expresses an emotional sigh of horror, disbelief, and sorrow regarding the terrible tragedy.
