这是又看上 我们四房的银子了
“So they've set their eyes on our fourth branch's money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
捉襟见肘
“regarding the dowry.”
这是又 看上 我们四房的银子了
“So they've set their eyes on our fourth branch's money.”
“They are acting poor just to squeeze money out of us again, and I see right through it.”
In traditional large Chinese households, multiple branches lived together or shared finances, frequently causing bitter disputes over shared resources.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fancy; to set one's eyes on
Used colloquially when someone covets something belonging to another person.
the fourth branch (of an extended clan)
A traditional familial term designating households descended from different wives or brothers.
Signals realization of a new, repeated development, emphasizing exhaustion with the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“why are you drawn to this project?”
“Your branch has made our whole family suffer so much.”
“you didn't take someone's money again, did you?”
“You're the ones who owe us.”
“[Ji Family Dowry Register] At that time, your fourth branch had just split from the main family”
“It's not for you to see. It's for him.”