彻底从这个世界上消失
“to completely disappear from this world.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“let me put it this way. Someone wants this soldier”
彻底从 这个 世界上 消失
“to completely disappear from this world.”
“They want him dead and buried so he can never speak.”
In Chinese suspense and political thrillers, lethal intents are often phrased indirect and poetically as 'disappearing' to sound more sinister and avoid blatant confession.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
completely; thoroughly
Common adverb used before verbs to indicate an absolute or irreversible change.
disappear from this world (die / be eliminated)
A common dramatic or threatening euphemism for death or murder.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The tenth son vanished without a trace.”
“has completely disappeared.”
“This is the only thing he left in this world.”
“is it hard to make a person vanish without a trace”
“The moment you decided to leave this world.”