他们全府上下 已经没有人了
“no one was left in her household.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
待我被押送回京时
“When I was escorted back to the capital,”
他们 全府上下 已经 没有 人了
“no one was left in her household.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, an entire manor or household often shared joint liability, meaning political downfall or execution wiped out everyone from top to bottom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
everyone throughout the entire manor/estate
A classical idiom commonly used in period dramas to refer to every master and servant inside a household.
no one left / wiped out
Used in historical narrative contexts to euphemistically imply an entire family died or fled.
Indicates a completed change of state, conveying irreversible loss.
