恨不得把卧房搬进墨坊
“I've spent my days and nights in the ink workshop.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我日日殚精竭虑 不敢有一丝懈怠
“Day after day, I exhaust every thought, not daring to slacken for even a moment.”
恨不得 把卧房搬进墨坊
“I've spent my days and nights in the ink workshop.”
唯恐自身能力不足 撑不起李家
“I constantly fear my own abilities are insufficient to uphold the family name.”
“I am working around the clock and giving everything I have to this family business.”
In traditional Chinese family enterprises, successors are expected to show boundless personal sacrifice and diligence to preserve ancestral legacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wishing one could / dying to
Expresses an intense urge or hypothetical desire that is often practically impossible or hyperbolic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please take good care of the family and the ink workshop.”
“Even selling the entire ink workshop wouldn't be enough to cover the damages.”
“I have other things to do at the ink workshop. I will get back to work.”
“I thought you just wanted to take over the ink workshop.”
“to put him in the ink workshop, keeping a close eye on him.”
“The ink workshop surely matters. But don't the lives of these many people”