断人财路 杀人父母
“cut their purse, cut their throat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不行
“You know,”
断人财路 杀人父母
“cut their purse, cut their throat.”
“These are merciless men. Assassination is within their reach.”
“You are playing with fire; they will literally kill to protect their income.”
Because killing a parent is the ultimate taboo in Confucian morality, equating financial loss to parricide emphasizes that economic grudges can produce lethal vengeance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cutting off someone's livelihood is as heinous as murdering their parents
A powerful traditional maxim used to warn that depriving people of wealth invites deadly hostility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No wonder. Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing their parents.”
“my parents were killed by bandits.”
“and get to the bottom of my parents' deaths.”