我爹娘是被山匪所杀
“my parents were killed by bandits.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您说过
“You said”
我爹娘是被山匪所杀
“my parents were killed by bandits.”
您说的
“Is what you said...”
“You told me bandits killed my parents, but I suspect you've been lying to me all along.”
A classic trope in Chinese historical fiction where guardians conceal the painful or politically dangerous truth about a protagonist's parents' death to protect them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
father and mother, parents
A traditional, affectionate colloquial term for parents common in historical and rural contexts.
killed by...
A formal passive construction using '被...所+Verb' to denote a tragic or victimized event.
mountain bandits
A historical term used to refer to outlaws residing in the mountains.