四房的产业 一直都是纪家 帮着经营的
“The fourth branch's business has always been managed with the help of the Ji family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
做得不错
“doing quite well these years.”
四房的产业 一直都是纪家 帮着经营 的
“The fourth branch's business has always been managed with the help of the Ji family.”
那人家做惯生意的 自然是经营得不错了
“Since they are good at doing business, naturally it's doing quite well.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional multi-generational Chinese clans, 'fang' referred to sub-households who often co-managed shared lineage properties or sought help from in-laws with commercial expertise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the fourth branch (of an extended family)
Used in historical or large traditional families to designate lineages descending from specific sons or wives.
assisting in managing/operating
A practical collocation used when an external party or relative oversees commercial activities on someone else's behalf.
Functions in the '是...的' construction to emphasize the ongoing agent and circumstance of the management.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your branch has made our whole family suffer so much.”
“[Ji Family Dowry Register] At that time, your fourth branch had just split from the main family”
“was not superior to us the Sixth Branch.”
“was all caused by you. Our second and fifth branches”
“Leaving the family property to this girl from the Eighth Branch,”
“the Chen and Ji families are already tied by interests,”