血战至骨肉凋零
“fighting bloody battles until our kin were all but wiped out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谢 戚 魏 三代忠于大胤
“For 3 generations, the Xie, Qi, and Wei families have served Great Yin with absolute loytalty,”
血战至骨肉凋零
“fighting bloody battles until our kin were all but wiped out.”
“What right did that cursed emperor have”
“We bled and died for his throne, yet he betrayed us without mercy!”
In traditional Chinese history, loyal subjects expected reciprocal benevolence from the emperor, making an emperor's betrayal of sacrificial clans a grave moral transgression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bloody battle; fight desperately
A literary term used to describe brutal, lethal military struggles.
flesh and kin withering away; suffering massive casualties among loved ones
A highly poetic and tragic idiom depicting the devastation of family lines and massive loss of life.
