还有的人抛家舍业
“Some abandoned their family”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
纷纷吞药自尽
“and committed suicide by swallowing medicine.”
还有 的人 抛家舍业
“Some abandoned their family”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In agrarian Chinese culture, abandoning ancestral home and land (抛家舍业) is viewed as a tragedy of the highest order, indicating catastrophic social breakdown.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
abandon home and business; give up family and livelihood
A dramatic four-character idiom describing the extreme measure of giving up everything one owns due to dire circumstances.