怕是把墨坊全搭进去也还不够
“Even selling the entire ink workshop wouldn't be enough to cover the damages.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就要赔十倍
“we'll have to pay 10 times the amount in damages.”
怕是 把墨坊全 搭进去 也 还不够
“Even selling the entire ink workshop wouldn't be enough to cover the damages.”
别怕
“Don't be afraid.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Chinese family workshops often constituted the entire livelihood and social standing of a clan, making total loss catastrophic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I am afraid that / probably
Used to express an apprehensive, pessimistic conjecture about a bad outcome.
to sink into / to sacrifice completely as a loss
Colloquially used when resources, money, or lives are lost or tied up fruitlessly in a venture.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please take good care of the family and the ink workshop.”
“I have other things to do at the ink workshop. I will get back to work.”
“Ink workshops are everywhere. Find someone for me!”
“No one in the entire ink workshop can compare to me. Of course I know.”
“If I rashly open an ink workshop and force my way to claim a share,”
“I thought you just wanted to take over the ink workshop.”