在西固巷死人哪
“in Xigu Lane.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这左一番右一番地
“People keep dying”
在西固巷死人哪
“in Xigu Lane.”
也不知道招惹了什么
“Maybe we've provoked”
“People keep dying right in our alley, and it is bringing dreadful luck to all of us.”
In traditional neighborhood communities, frequent violent or mysterious deaths are seen as harboring bad omens or vengeful spirits that endanger the entire locale.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
people dying; a death occurs
Can act as a noun ('corpse') or as a verb-object phrase meaning that people have lost their lives in a specific place.
Phonetic variant of '啊' following a nasal coda, emphasizing the speaker's emotional sigh or grievance.