樊兄是自尽
“Fan committed suicide.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不
“No.”
樊兄是自尽
“Fan committed suicide.”
却是在我到了以后
“But it was after I arrived.”
“He took his own life—I am not the one who murdered him.”
Affixing '兄' to a surname is a respectful way to refer to or address a male peer in classical and period settings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to commit suicide; take one's own life
A literary and historical term for suicide, more dignified and traditional than modern colloquial terms.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“People died at the Fan's house again.”
“You want to know about the Fan family?”
“Fan Daniu died such an unjust death!”
“General Fan! Help!”
“The Fan family is so unlucky.”
“Fan Changyu slapped me!”