给杀得快要绝户了
“by me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
当然都被为师
“Of course, they have almost been wiped out”
给 杀 得 快要 绝户了
“by me.”
可是弟子不明白
“But I don't understand.”
“I wiped them out mercilessly, and that is what absolute power looks like.”
In traditional Chinese culture rooted in ancestor worship and filial piety, terminating a family's lineage (绝户) is considered the most severe punishment or curse conceivable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to leave a family with no descendants / extinguish a lineage
A culturally heavy idiom/term denoting total extermination of a family line, representing the ultimate catastrophe in traditional China.
almost / about to
Used before verbs or adjectives to indicate an impending state or threshold.
Functions as a sentence-final particle indicating a newly reached extreme state or impending result.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and enemies must be killed ruthlessly.”
“who knew the corpse slave method.”
“Your butcher knife is no longer usable.”
“Kill them all. Spare no one.”
“Wipe them out!”
“you raised yourself?”