当初程师伯和我师父死得蹊跷
“Uncle Cheng and my master died mysteriously.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What kind of absurd logic is that?”
当初 程师伯和我师父 死得蹊跷
“Uncle Cheng and my master died mysteriously.”
可在他们下葬时
“But when they were buried,”
“You know very well their deaths were no accident, and I'm going to uncover the truth.”
In traditional Chinese martial culture, disciples treat their master like a father and master's martial siblings like uncles, making avenging their deaths a sacred filial duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
died under bizarre/suspicious circumstances
A common descriptive complement used to characterize an unnatural, mysterious, or foul-play-related death.
senior martial uncle
Kinship title used in martial arts schools or master-apprentice traditions for an elder martial brother of one's master.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now that he died so suddenly.”
“why your master hasn't”
“Maybe to atone for Master's death,”
“and you don't save her, you'd be leaving her to die.”
“Master has been deceived by Uncle Li.”
“Please, for my late master's sake,”