拿狗县令一家老小的命来赔吗
“With the lives of the bastard magistrate's whole family?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but how will you pay for the dozen lives lost in Ma Village?”
拿狗县令一家老 小的 命来赔吗
“With the lives of the bastard magistrate's whole family?”
“That's right! -Pay with your lives! -Pay with your lives!”
“Blood must be paid with blood; nothing less than his family's deaths will satisfy us!”
In historical China, deep grievances often invoked collective retribution targeting an enemy's whole kin group under notions of reciprocal justice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the entire family, young and old
Commonly used in spoken Chinese and historical dramas to encompass all generations of a household.
to pay with one's life
An intense, dramatic phrase used when demanding ultimate retribution for a fatal grievance.
Forms a rhetorical question loaded with indignation and hostility rather than a genuine inquiry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't be fooled by that magistrate's lackey!”
“Finally got rid of that bootlicking magistrate.”
“Our home has been sealed by the county government office.”
“everyone in this county office will die with me!”
“and is on close terms with the county magistrate. You can't afford to offend them as well.”
“Corrupt official, get out! Give us an explanation!”