我的刀只验尸体
“(In the past, I only used my scalpel to perform autopsies.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
从前
“(In the past, I only used my scalpel to perform autopsies.)”
我的刀只验尸体
“(In the past, I only used my scalpel to perform autopsies.)”
今日
“(But today,)”
“I deal with the dead, not the living.”
In traditional China, coroners occupied an outcast yet indispensable role, handling corpses under strict legal procedures, which sharply demarcated their tools and duties from regular physicians.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to examine corpses / to perform an autopsy
Refers to the legal/medical examination of a dead body, often associated with coroners (仵作).