共七十九户
“in the village.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
全村
“Seven-nine households”
共七十九户
“in the village.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional China, administrative control relied heavily on tracking households (户) rather than just individuals for taxation, conscription, and legal accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in total / altogether
A concise, formal adverb used before numbers to state a total count.
household / family unit
A standard classifier used for counting households and families.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Three hundred and seventy-nine lives.”
“- Seven or eight. - That's not so many.”
“Think of how much money and how many people are involved!”
“How many units are on your floor?”
“W-What households? Stop playing dumb?”
“We only had about seven or eight families left.”