可后来玉柱被打死了
“But after Yuzhu was beaten to death,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
四爷 没请他的同窗好友吗 原先是请了的
“Were Yi's friends invited? They were, originally.”
可后来玉柱 被打死 了
“But after Yuzhu was beaten to death,”
“Madam, in rage, forbade him from hosting anyone.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional elite Chinese households, severe corporal punishment of servants was common, and extreme incidents often triggered major household scandals and maternal crackdowns.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
but later on; however afterwards
Used to introduce an unexpected turn of events in a spoken narrative.
was beaten to death
Passive construction using '被' (bèi) followed by a lethal result complement '死了'.
Indicates completion of an event and the sudden change of state in the story.
