他这么做 是堵咱们田家的后路
“He did it to cut off all our options!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
错
“Wrong!”
他这么做 是堵咱们田家的后路
“He did it to cut off all our options!”
这事要传出去 那田家不是无能的表现吗
“Once this gets out, won't it make our family look incompetent—”
“He is deliberately trying to ruin us and leave us with no way out.”
In traditional Chinese society, an individual's hostile act against a household threatens the entire lineage, making collective defense paramount.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cut off an escape route; to leave no way out
Commonly used metaphorically when someone eliminates another person's fallback options or safety net.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He made my family suffer the deepest humiliation.”
“You are a significant contributor to the Tian family.”
“For the sake of our Tian family,”