不仅教中兄弟要惨遭屠戮
“not only will our sect brothers be slaughtered,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
再这么下去的话
“If this continues,”
不仅 教中 兄弟 要 惨遭屠戮
“not only will our sect brothers be slaughtered,”
“master will also go mad from cultivation.”
“We must stop this immediately before our entire sect is wiped out.”
In Chinese martial arts culture, sectarian members consider each other brothers whose collective survival and loyalty take precedence over individual desires.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not only... but even...
Use this correlative structure to escalate consequences, emphasizing the severity of the latter outcome.
to suffer brutal slaughter
A highly formal, dramatic idiom used in literature, historical dramas, and news to describe mass slaughter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That was the only way to let our dead brothers rest in peace.”
“All my buddies died in battle.”
“Only my two brothers died.”
“several of her friends died.”
“But you killed one of my sect members”
“just make sure they can make a living.”