他掐死了那女子
“choked that woman to death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他掐死了那女子
“choked that woman to death.”
说
“Keep yelling, huh?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Spoken Chinese relies heavily on paired action-result compounds like 掐死 (pinch-die) or 打死 (beat-die) when delivering direct criminal testimony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to choke/strangle to death
A resultative verb compound combining 掐 (to pinch/grip the throat) with the result 死 (death).
that woman / that girl
A somewhat literary or period-drama phrasing for referring to a female victim or stranger.
Functions as a perfective aspect marker indicating the completion and finality of the lethal act.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Men who raise their hands against women are all of corrupt character,”
“kill this woman.”
“We must kill that woman”
“This guy just hit a woman.”
“laying hands on a woman?”