阎王来了都得让他检查生死簿
“Even the King of Hell has to let him check the Book of Life and Death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他萧瑾瑜是什么人
“What kind of person is Xiao Jinyu?”
阎王来了都得让他检查生死簿
“Even the King of Hell has to let him check the Book of Life and Death.”
“This guy is ruthless and unstoppable; nothing escapes his scrutiny.”
Chinese folklore conceptualizes the afterlife as an intricate bureaucracy headed by King Yan; claiming an official would audit Yan himself is the ultimate hyperbole for investigative rigor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
King Yan / the King of Hell
Commonly invoked in spoken idioms and hyperbole to represent the ultimate, most terrifying authority.
the Book of Life and Death
A mythological ledger of mortal lifespans, used metaphorically to denote absolute, top-secret, or definitive records.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If Death has marked my name,”
“Aren't you afraid the King of Hell”
“were stolen to begin with.”
“that even the Grim Reaper wouldn't take me?”
“Not even the Grim Reaper would take you.”
“I'd make a deal with the Reaper.”