悬空庵早已避世而居
“has long withdrawn from the world.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李师兄
“Li, Xuankong Nunnery”
悬空庵早已 避世而居
“has long withdrawn from the world.”
“They had renounced the world and posed no threat, so your violent assault on them was completely unprovoked and evil.”
Entering religious seclusion means cutting off worldly grievances; violating this sanctuary breaches fundamental moral taboos in Chinese martial society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
live in seclusion away from the mortal world
A formal descriptive phrase denoting hermit life or monastic seclusion away from worldly affairs.
long ago / for a long time already
Emphasizes that the peaceful status quo had been established long before the disruptive event occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why stir trouble here?”
“Reinforcements from Xuankong Nunnery and Peiqiong Manor”
“and killed the nuns”
“she caused a commotion here,”
“to Xuankong Nunnery.”
“Niankong is one of our Qinghong Sect.”