你七岁之时被人牙子卖入离教
“When you were 7, you were sold into the Li Sect.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
少君不杀我
“You won't?”
你七岁之 时 被 人牙子 卖入离教
“When you were 7, you were sold into the Li Sect.”
“I know everything about your past; remember who saved you from nothingness.”
In imperial China, human brokers legally or illicitly traded impoverished children into servitude, a standard tragic origin in period fiction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at the time of, when
A formal written and period-drama spoken substitute for 'deshihou'.
human trafficker, child broker
A specific historical term for brokers who bought and sold servants, concubines, or slaves in imperial China.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to the Seventh Training Battalion.”
“I now know the rumors about Li Sect are not false.”
“This is the Li Sect's forbidden ground.”
“You even killed your mother-in-law and your seven-year-old brother-in-law.”
“You're the heir to the Li Sect.”
“You were only 7 or 8 years.”