纪家再怎么都是外家
“The Ji family are outsiders after all,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Why didn't you bring Rong back with you?”
纪家 再怎么 都是 外家
“The Ji family are outsiders after all,”
又是经商的
“and they are merchants.”
“They are outsiders, not true clan members, so don't put them on a pedestal.”
Traditional Chinese kinship strictly separates patrilineal family ('nei', insiders) from maternal relatives ('wai', outsiders), granting higher priority to the paternal line.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no matter what / at the end of the day still
Used to assert an undeniable bottom-line truth that cannot be overridden by other arguments.
maternal family / maternal relatives
Refers to the family of one's mother or wife, traditionally distinct from the patrilineal core.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“our Ji family still bears the name of his household servants.”
“the Ji family is the subordinate of the Chen family.”
“The Ji family has worked for me for many years, with utmost loyalty.”
“Then what is the relationship between the Ji family and the Gu family?”
“Anyway, the Ji family hasn't settled accounts with me for a long time.”
“and need the help of the Ji family, he won't marry you either.”