现在不只生意做不成 眼看要到家的新娘子
“Now, not only is the business failing, but you've managed to lose a bride who was practically already yours—”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“there's also a man named Tian Benchang in Huizhou. What a shame.”
现在不只 生意做不成 眼看 要到家的新娘子
“Now, not only is the business failing, but you've managed to lose a bride who was practically already yours—”
都被你折腾没了 对吧 你说什么 你不知道
“all through your own recklessness. Isn't it? What did you say? You didn't know?”
“You've completely ruined everything—you lost your livelihood and your bride because of your incompetence.”
In traditional Chinese culture, establishing a business and getting married are the two primary benchmarks of adulthood; losing both simultaneously represents total personal failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not only
Used at the start of a clause to introduce the first of multiple compounding problems or points.
soon; on the verge of; in a matter of moments
Indicates that an event was imminent or just about to be realized before being disrupted.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You do know how to do business, miss.”
“that we young women are also capable of great deeds!”
“Brides get nervous before the wedding.”
“My lady. You look so beautiful now.”
“It's not her own business, so she doesn't care.”
“This isn't just business. It's a task assigned from above.”