来堵住哥哥姐姐的口
“to buy his siblings' silence.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“So Feng Shengli is using that money”
来堵住 哥哥姐姐 的口
“to buy his siblings' silence.”
让他们拿不出钱
“If they can't pay him back,”
“To shut his siblings up completely so they have nothing left to complain about.”
In Chinese family disputes, individuals often make strategic financial compromises or aggressive payments to pre-emptively stop elder relatives from moralizing or criticizing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to silence someone; to shut someone's mouth
An idiomatic phrase used when taking decisive action to prevent others from gossiping, criticizing, or complaining.
older brothers and older sisters; siblings
Standard spoken grouping for elder siblings in a domestic or familial context.