那是李家的秘方 岂有外借的道理
“That is the Li family's secret formula. How could they lend it to outsiders?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这不可能
“That's impossible!”
那是 李家的 秘方 岂有外借的道理
“That is the Li family's secret formula. How could they lend it to outsiders?”
你爹不是刚说了吗 娶了李家的姑娘
“Didn't your father just say that once you marry the Li girl,”
“Do not even think about touching our family's recipe; outsiders have no right to it.”
Traditional Chinese artisan families strictly guarded generational recipes and craft secrets, usually passing them down solely within the patrilineal bloodline.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
How could there possibly be any reason or justification for...?
A rhetorical pattern used to strongly reject an idea as absurd or contrary to common sense.
secret recipe; trade secret formula
Commonly used for closely guarded family cooking or traditional medicine recipes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After all, this is an obstacle that the Li family must tackle on their own.”
“The Li family was personally entrusted to me by Seventh Grandmother.”
“You shouldn't still refer to them as the Li family, but as your in-laws.”
“And in fact, this is precisely the Li family's determination”
“In the Li family, besides you, who else can I find?”
“The Li family took so much from us,”