还跟县里闹得这么僵
“and you're still at odds with the county.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
却没有办法阻止
“but you can't stop it,”
还跟县里 闹得这么僵
“and you're still at odds with the county.”
是啊
“Yeah.”
“We made a huge political blunder by burning bridges with the higher-ups.”
In grassroots Chinese administration, maintaining amicable rapport with higher authorities like the county (县里) is vital for securing resources and approvals; forcing an impasse ('闹僵') is seen as an operational failure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to end up in such a tense deadlock / bad relationship with someone
A highly common spoken construction used to describe interpersonal conflict reaching an awkward, uncooperative impasse.
the county leadership / county government
In Chinese administrative language, suffixing a regional unit with '里' commonly refers metonymically to the governing office or leadership of that level.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You guys know the county better. Just hang in there.”
“You know the situation in the county.”
“Later, the county went to great lengths”
“The case has been brought to the station.”
“But the county urged us many times. This is a special case.”
“Even if you sue me at the county government office,”