你们堂堂范府 就不能拿出点银子修理修理吗
“The Fan family is wealthy. Can't you pay a little sum to have it fixed?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the honorable... slept in gave me a terrible backache.”
你们 堂堂 范府 就不能 拿出点银子 修理修理 吗
“The Fan family is wealthy. Can't you pay a little sum to have it fixed?”
“Your judgement's really clouded by the high walls of the Qi Residence.”
“You act like an elite household, yet you're too stingy to fix your dilapidated rooms.”
Calling out a prestigious family with '堂堂' attacks their public prestige (face) by exposing their petty failure to maintain domestic basic standards.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
grand / imposing / prestigious
Frequently used ironically to contrast someone's high status with their petty or shameful behavior.
fix up a bit / do some repairs
Verb duplication indicating a casual, easy action that should require little effort or time.
Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the absurdity of the household's inability to pay for repairs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I guess the Fan family won't refuse to acknowledge me as their young lady's husband.”
“keeping an eye on Wang Xuanfan's residence withdraw.”
“one word from me is enough to turn the Marquis Mansion into the Song Mansion.”
“I bet Mr. Fan is at home right now,”
“She got an extra five million from Mr. Fan.”
“No wonder the Qin family is never short on money.”