竟出了如此牲畜不如之人
“existed under my jurisdiction.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我治下
“To think such a vile beast”
竟 出 了 如此 牲畜不如之人
“existed under my jurisdiction.”
“Gu Qi watched his own flesh and blood get murdered,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Confucian ethics, humans are defined by moral virtues; devoid of basic humaneness, one sinks lower than a beast (禽兽/牲畜不如).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worse than a beast; utterly inhumane
A severe classical idiom used in high-register dramatic contexts to condemn monstrous cruelty.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“are worse than animals.”
“You are worse than a beast!”
“So now I'm a species? Wrong choice of words. What do you mean, "of my kind"?”
“a heartless beast?”
“All bastards. Haven't you been beaten before?”
“Calling them worse than beasts”