这一大家子的人 连着我自个儿 都得倒霉
“the entire family, including myself, would be in trouble.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“With such a huge incident, if I didn't take responsibility for it,”
这一大家子的人 连着我 自个儿 都得倒霉
“the entire family, including myself, would be in trouble.”
虽然这回的事儿
“Although this incident”
“I have no choice but to take the fall, or everyone in our household is doomed.”
In historical Chinese society, serious offenses often resulted in collective punishment, meaning an individual's misstep or sacrifice determined the survival of the entire clan.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an entire large family or household
An affectionate and colloquial term denoting a traditional extended family living under one roof.
to suffer misfortune; to be doomed
A very common colloquial term meaning to be down on one's luck or meet serious trouble.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have a big family here.”
“This whole family doesn't even live separately.”
“our family can reunite soon.”
“I'm the only one in the family who didn't know?”
“We're all one family. So let's not talk like strangers.”
“how are we supposed to go on living?”