我看你们叶家大大小小
“Looks to me like everyone in the Ye family”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“are all cold-hearted and inhuman.”
我看 你们叶家 大大小小
“Looks to me like everyone in the Ye family”
也全都是
“is a bunch”
“None of you are decent human beings, from the oldest to the youngest.”
In Chinese culture, a person's moral failings are frequently blamed on their entire family or lineage, turning individual friction into broad family-level denunciations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in my opinion / the way I see it
A ubiquitous conversational opener used to assert a subjective assessment or criticism.
great and small / old and young alike
An idiomatic pairing referring comprehensively to all members of a group or family regardless of age or rank.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Oh, don't even mention the Ye family.”
“He is likely at the Ye family home.”
“at the Ye family's current situation.”
“Also, this daughter of the Ye family”
“That's why our family became prosperous. And that's why you have it all.”
“for their recent harassment of the Ye family”