孩子的父亲怕事情败露 就痛下杀手了
“The child's father feared it'd be exposed, so he killed her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
王采女是不是十有八九有了私情 怀了身孕？
“Lady Wang had an affair and got pregnant.”
孩子的父亲怕 事情败露 就 痛下杀手 了
“The child's father feared it'd be exposed, so he killed her.”
嫔妃有私情是重罪 如此罪名 不可轻易下定
“A consort having an affair is a grave crime. We can't lightly pin that charge on her.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, an emperor's concubine carrying another man's child was treason punishable by clan execution, making silencing through murder extremely common in palace lore.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the plot/secret is exposed
A standard idiom/collocation used when a scandalous, illicit, or criminal secret comes to light.
to strike ruthlessly / to resort to murder
A dramatic idiom used to describe an extreme, merciless act of killing to eliminate a threat.
Marks the change of state and completion of the fatal action resulting from the motive.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the father and son would even risk their lives.”
“that your father died because of you.”
“she tried to murder her son's father.”
“won't lay a hand on his own son,”
“My father has been tortured into a stupor.”
“but could not bear to do yourself.”