是我害死了爸爸
“I got Dad killed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都是我的错
“It was all my fault.”
是我 害死了爸爸
“I got Dad killed.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Causing or failing to prevent a parent's demise represents the ultimate breach of filial piety in Chinese culture, triggering extreme self-reproach.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cause someone's death / to ruin someone fatally
A strong verb compounding 'harm' and 'death', used literally for fatal harm or figuratively for catastrophic trouble.