被杀人灭口了
“and were silenced?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们查到了某些情况
“they discovered something...”
被 杀人灭口 了
“and were silenced?”
我们刚刚发出电报
“We just sent a telegram...”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Set four-character idioms (chengyu) are routinely integrated into spoken Chinese to succinctly summarize grave actions like eliminating a witness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to murder someone to keep their mouth shut; silence a witness
A common four-character idiom widely used in crime, mystery, and thriller contexts.
Indicates a newly completed event and signals a change of state that affects current actions.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The one who killed Uncle Chang”
“that the culprit who killed my husband”
“and killed Cai to silence him.”
“He discovered the truth and was silenced for it.”
“was to silence them.”