两个没人送终的
“who have no one to bury you when you die,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
两个 没人 送终的
“who have no one to bury you when you die,”
“took in this whole cursed family.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Confucian lineage culture, dying without offspring to conduct funeral rites is seen as the ultimate tragedy and moral curse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to attend to a dying parent or arrange their funeral rites
A solemn cultural term; saying someone has 'nobody to do this' is one of the most grievous personal curses in Chinese.
Forms a nominalized phrase turning the descriptive insult into an offensive label for the targets.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you deserve to die alone.”
“and be there for her end.”
“and unnecessary sacrifice?”
“There was no one else.”
“no one”
“there will never be anyone else”