不然阮江县这一场风波
“Otherwise, the chaos here”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(Ruanjiang County Bureau) Thanks to Commissioner Di.”
不然 阮江县 这一场风波
“Otherwise, the chaos here”
“Without your intervention, we would have been utterly ruined.”
In traditional bureaucratic discourse, subordinates frequently exaggerate past peril to magnify their superior's wisdom and maintain favor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise; if not
Use at the beginning of a clause to introduce a hypothetical negative consequence.
a wave of disturbance; a crisis
A poetic measure word combination used to describe an unexpected dispute, scandal, or political unrest.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and inform the people of Ruanjiang County.”
“For the people of Ruanjiang,”
“Ruanjiang was never like this.”
“The people of Ruanjiang County”
“Do you want everyone in Ruanjiang County to know”
“Ruanjiang's river transport still thrives today.”