这不光是 他一个人的仕途
“This isn't just about his career.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
母亲 九衡说得有道理
“Mother. Jiuheng is right.”
这不 光是 他 一个人 的仕途
“This isn't just about his career.”
“It also affects our whole family.”
“You cannot treat this lightly because our family's entire reputation and future are on the line.”
In traditional Chinese society, an individual's success in officialdom was intertwined with the honor, survival, and prosperity of the entire clan.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not only; not just
Use this spoken connective to expand the scope of a situation, typically followed by also or but also.
official career; path in civil service
A formal and literary term commonly used in historical or traditional contexts to denote bureaucratic career paths.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's not just his call.”
“sitting here today.”
“except for Ji Ling himself.”
“was him alone in the snow,”
“Doesn't that mean you're the only one working?”
“into him alone.”