要了全家人的命啊
“it ruins the whole family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一个人生病
“When one person gets sick,”
要了全家人的命 啊
“it ruins the whole family.”
怎么样
“How are you?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese society, serious medical conditions often drain the collective finances and caregiving resources of the entire extended family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take someone's life; to cause extreme misery or ruin to someone
A highly emphatic spoken expression used figuratively to describe something devastating, unbearable, or ruinous.
the whole family
Used to denote all members of a family collectively.
Heightens emotional resonance and conveys profound sorrow or exasperation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ Lighting up the pedestrians' faces ♪ In a fit of rage, I killed his whole family.”
“It's my fault your whole family suffered.”
“It also affects our whole family.”
“Your family gave up their entire lives.”
“I'll shoot his entire family for you.”
“it could cost my entire family's lives!”
“But even when my whole family was slaughtered,”
“done our whole family a huge favor.”
“You are a benefactor to our whole family.”
“Your whole family could be exiled”
“This is to force our family to die.”
“has to take on the burden of changing his whole family's lives,”
“You killed your whole family.”
“how to keep our family alive,”