在他们那一带 是远近闻名的酒鬼赌棍
“was known throughout the area as a drunk and a gambler.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这个陈大宁啊
“Chen Daning”
在他们那一带 是 远近闻名 的 酒鬼 赌棍
“was known throughout the area as a drunk and a gambler.”
常年好吃懒做 之前啊 全靠他妻子种地养活
“He was lazy and shiftless. He relied entirely on his wife's farming to get by.”
“Chen Daning is notorious in his local area as a habitual drunk and gambler—he is completely untrustworthy and prone to wrongdoing.”
In spoken Chinese, this term refers to a specific localized geographic space such as a district, town, or neighborhood, often used in close-knit communities to describe a local neighborhood circle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
known far and wide; famous near and far (used here pejoratively to mean notorious)
Typically used in a positive or neutral sense, but in contexts like this one, it carries an ironic and derogatory nuance meaning 'infamous everywhere'.
a drunkard and gambler; a disreputable person addicted to drinking and gambling
A coordinate labeling phrase frequently used in spoken or narrative Chinese to strongly condemn someone who is idle and riddled with bad habits.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That group of people has no respect for the police or the law.”
“Those people want trouble.”
“is the most meticulous of the group.”
“I mean, those bastards have been”
“They were all real men.”
“habitually call them the Eighth District fellows.”