免得你出去殃及全家
“lest you implicate the whole family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 你… - 我干脆直接杀了你
“- You… - I might as well kill you”
免得 你出去 殃及全家
“lest you implicate the whole family.”
别再说了
“That's enough. Stop it.”
“You are a liability, and I would rather sacrifice you than let you destroy all of us.”
In Chinese tradition and historical law, a crime by one individual could cause the execution of nine generations of kin, making family members ruthlessly police each other.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so as to avoid; lest
Used before a clause to state the negative consequence one is trying to prevent by taking a prior action.
to bring ruin/disaster upon the entire family
A dramatic idiom emphasizing collective consequence and catastrophic collateral damage to kin.