家里鸡飞狗跳的
“Their home was a constant battlefield.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
被婆婆嫌弃
“Her mother-in-law looked down on her.”
家里 鸡飞狗跳 的
“Their home was a constant battlefield.”
“They barely managed to keep me afloat until graduation.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Tensions between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law (po-xi relations) are a classic, deep-rooted source of domestic strife and chaos in traditional Chinese extended families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
utter turmoil / complete chaos
A vivid colloquial idiom describing an uproar or chaotic domestic fighting where even animals are unsettled.
at home / in the family
Frequently used as a topic phrase to introduce domestic circumstances.
Functions as a vivid descriptive marker at the end of an adjective/idiomatic state, conveying a lingering atmospheric quality.
