才把他们的脑袋卸下来
“to snap their heads off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我忙了大半宿
“It took me nearly a whole night”
才把他们的脑袋卸下来
“to snap their heads off.”
行夜
“Xingye,”
“You have no idea how hard I fought to take them down.”
In martial and action genres, treating brutal combat with casual, mechanical language reflects battle-hardened toughness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dismantle / take down / sever
Literally refers to unmounting mechanical parts; used here colloquially and gruesomely for decapitation.
most of the night
A colloquial northern Chinese time expression indicating prolonged exertion through the night.
Functions as a directional complement indicating motion toward the speaker or completion of detachment.