从出生就害死了阿娘
“That's her! She killed her mother the moment she was born!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“That's her! She killed her mother the moment she was born!”
从出生就害死了阿娘
“That's her! She killed her mother the moment she was born!”
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“Let's go!”
“She brings bad luck and caused death; stay away from her.”
In traditional Chinese superstition, a child whose birth coincides with a mother's death was often stigmatized as having a cursed destiny (kemu) that brings disaster to the family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
from birth; ever since being born
A common temporal phrase used to describe a trait or condition existing since birth.
to cause someone's death; to kill indirectly
A resultative verb compound implying direct or indirect responsibility for a fatality.
mother; mom
A dialectal or traditional familial term for mother, widely used in historical dramas.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What? How could Mom be unwell?”
“I see how my mother sacrificed her life before me.”
“My parents are both dead. They won't blame me.”
“I have failed him.”
“she suffered terribly in childbirth.”
“and tell him I'm done for.”