我要为阿娘报仇
“I have to avenge her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿扬
“Zhengyang.”
我要 为 阿娘 报仇
“I have to avenge her.”
欺辱孤寡
“Some preyed on the helpless”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Avenging a wronged or deceased parent is deeply ingrained in traditional Chinese morality as the highest duty of filial piety.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
avenge someone / seek revenge for someone
Standard syntactic structure for expressing revenge on behalf of someone else.
mother
An affectionate, archaic or dialectal address for mother commonly heard in historical dramas.