唯有你父亲死里逃生
“Only your father survived.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“everyone in the escort agency was killed.”
唯有你父亲 死里逃生
“Only your father survived.”
“That was why he could settle down here in Lin'an Town all these years.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Armed escort agencies (biaoju) operated in pre-modern China to transport valuables through dangerous territory, often caught in deadly vendettas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
narrowly escape death; have a brush with death
A common chengyu used to describe surviving a lethal peril or disaster.
only; solely
A slightly formal connector emphasizing exclusivity among a larger group.