你本来就姓方 现在跟孟副市长 越走越远
“You're a Fang. And you're growing apart from him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“things are complicated now. Really complicated.”
你 本来就 姓方 现在跟孟副市长 越走越远
“You're a Fang. And you're growing apart from him.”
你将逐渐失去 良好的家庭背景
“So you're losing the backing of a good family.”
“You are foolishly throwing away the backing and privileges of a powerful family.”
In Chinese social and career mobility, having an influential family background offers immense unspoken advantages, making voluntary alienation from it seem irrational to pragmatists.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally / to begin with
Used to emphasize an established, inherent fact as a premise for an argument.
to drift further and further apart
Metaphorically describes deteriorating relationships, ideological divergence, or growing emotional distance.