如此灭绝人寰之事
“Such an inhuman crime should be punished severely.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘子可有求情？
“When His Majesty judged the case, did you plead for him?”
如此 灭绝人寰 之事
“Such an inhuman crime should be punished severely.”
理应严惩
“Such an inhuman crime should be punished severely.”
“This crime is so horrific that seeking mercy is completely out of the question.”
In imperial Chinese thought, acts that defy human decency undermine cosmic harmony and demand unyielding justice, superseding personal relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
atrocious; monstrous; of unprecedented cruelty
A high-register chengyu reserved for the most extreme, horrifying atrocities or disasters.
such; in this manner
A formal and written word used in spoken Chinese to add gravity to the following description.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“were even more tragic.”
“and the Human Race face extinction”
“and the Human Race faces the danger of extinction”
“committed such inhuman massacres...”
“work people to death.”
“(It was a disaster beyond imagining.)”