这郭富贵 已经住到咱们这儿来了 现在开这个口子
“Guo Fugui has already moved in here. Since he has started it,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
很多老板 也都发不出工资了
“Many printery owners can't even pay wages.”
这郭富贵 已经住到咱们这儿 来了 现在 开这个口子
“Guo Fugui has already moved in here. Since he has started it,”
要是他们 一个一个地搬进来
“others might follow suit.”
“If we let this slide once, everyone else will follow and we will be completely overwhelmed.”
In Chinese communal and administrative settings, people are extremely wary of creating an exception ('opening a mouth'), as collective fairness norms mean everyone else will immediately demand equal accommodation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
set a precedent; open the floodgates
An idiomatic metaphor frequently used in management or disputes to warn against making a concession that invites further trouble.
moved into our place
Spoken construction indicating an unwelcome or notable change of residence into the speaker's shared domain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't think it'll be that simple. You all saw him, right?”
“Guo Fugui, what's going on?”
“Come out! Pay me! Come out! Guo Fugui! Come out here!”
“You deserve a beating. Are you even human? I'm human!”
“If you take their money, you have to take the hits.”
“Well, that was embarrassing. You knew all along”