我会不会被它给杀死
“it'll eventually consume me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不知道再这样下去
“I don't know if, at this rate,”
我 会不会 被 它 给杀死
“it'll eventually consume me.”
我不知道能不能杀死它
“And I don't know whether I can destroy it.”
“I am terrified and feel completely helpless against this thing.”
In spoken Chinese, combining '被' with '给' vividly emphasizes the speaker's total lack of agency and their status as a victim of an adverse event.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is it possible that / will (it happen)
Used to pose a question about possibility, often expressing worry or suspicion about an undesirable outcome.
be (done) by it
The combination of the passive marker '被' with disposal/verb reinforcer '给' adds strong colloquial emphasis on falling victim to an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I will not let him die.”
“Don't kill me! Don't kill me!”
“Don't kill me!”
“She would never make me kill anyone!”
“She would never make me kill anyone!”
“He won't die easily.”