鸡飞狗跳地争相表演
“(of his bickering relatives.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
换来的却是子女亲人
“(met only by the chaotic theater)”
鸡飞狗跳 地争相表演
“(of his bickering relatives.)”
在这纷乱的现实生活中
“(In this messy reality we call life,)”
“They are just creating a disgraceful spectacle to serve their own selfish interests.”
Critiques of relatives putting on artificial displays of care during inheritance or crisis situations are a prominent theme in Chinese social drama.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in utter chaos; turmoil
An idiom depicting a scene of utter commotion and disturbance.
vying to put on an act
Used critically to denote hypocritical people competing to show off or deceive others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Cause a ruckus over an old codger like you?”
“Their home was a constant battlefield.”
“threw us into utter chaos. Right?”
“have been messy ones.”
“has been charging about like a wild dog.”
“stopped their petty thievery”