亲兄弟尸骨未寒
“Shortly after her father's death,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不会杀几个人吧
“She's not going to kill, is she?”
亲 兄弟 尸骨未寒
“Shortly after her father's death,”
“her uncle's already trying to seize her and her sister's property.”
“His brother just died, and he is already showing zero shame or remorse.”
In patriarchal historical China, when a man died without male heirs, predatory relatives often sought to seize the estate from the surviving women ('eating the heirless estate').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
before the corpse is even cold; immediately after death
A classic four-character idiom used to condemn betrayal or heartless behavior occurring right after someone's demise.
biological brothers; blood brothers
Emphasizes the direct biological tie to heighten the moral shock of betrayal.