我们去上访 人家把我们 当皮球一样地
“We went to make a petition, but we were treated like a hot potato”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你们有没有 向有关部门反映啊 那管啥用啊
“Have you ever reported it to the relevant department? It doesn't work.”
我们去上访 人家 把我们 当皮球一样 地
“We went to make a petition, but we were treated like a hot potato”
踢来踢去呀 真后悔 买了这个小区 真的遭罪
“and no department would receive us. I regret buying the house in this neighborhood. Life here is unbearable!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A widely recognized metaphor in Chinese society representing bureaucratic inertia, where officials dodge accountability by redirecting citizens endlessly between departments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
treated like a rubber ball / passed around like a buck
Part of the classic idiom 'kicking the rubber ball', describing bureaucratic buck-passing and avoidance of responsibility.
to petition higher authorities
Specific to the Chinese administrative and legal context where citizens lodge grievances directly to government oversight bureaus.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Or you can come into my home and take away anything you like. Is that okay?”
“That's already the lowest”
“will fight for justice for us.”
“I refuse to accept this. I will file a complaint against you!”
“a complaint no matter what. -Come on. -Just wait.”
“You think because you're locals, you can bully us outsiders?”