把你们宋家欠樊家的账算清楚
“Clear the debts you Song family owes the Fan family,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
行啊
“Fine.”
把你们宋家欠樊家的账算清楚
“Clear the debts you Song family owes the Fan family,”
再搬也来得及
“then you can move.”
“You are not going anywhere until every penny you owe us is paid back.”
Debts in traditional Chinese society were often treated as collective family responsibilities rather than merely individual debts, binding entire clans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to owe a debt to someone
Standard spoken collocation for financial indebtedness between persons or families.
to settle accounts clearly; to balance the books
Frequently used both literally for money and metaphorically for resolving grievances.