用你自己家人的话来说
“you, to quote your own family,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
于是你们发生了争吵
“when you discovered she was planning to leave you,”
用 你自己 家人 的话来说
“you, to quote your own family,”
“flew off the handle and pushed her down the stairs.”
“Don't bother lying to me, because even your own family members testified against you.”
In Chinese social and legal contexts, family testimony carries immense emotional weight and moral authority, making it especially difficult for an individual to challenge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in someone's words / to put it as someone said
A common rhetorical framing device used to quote or attribute a viewpoint or statement directly to a specific source.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't tell them. They're family. Why can't you tell them?”
“we're all family here. What's there that cannot be said?”
“But we are a family anyway.”
“He said it himself.”
“We're family. Don't put it that way. Take it.”
“Have you ever considered Mother and me as family?”