跟多杰家的交情 你们也不是不知道
“the friendship between our family and Duojie's family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“After all, we are all from Mazhi County. You all know”
跟多杰家的 交情 你们 也不是不知道
“the friendship between our family and Duojie's family.”
“You can rest assured. That's exactly why we're worried.”
“Our deep family ties should guarantee that you trust me completely, so stop questioning my intentions.”
Shared geographic origin and inter-family friendship (jiaoging) form an essential basis for credit and loyalty in Chinese interpersonal and business negotiations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
friendship / mutual connection / rapport
Refers to interpersonal depth built over a long period, often invoked in negotiations.
it's not as though you don't know
A double negative used rhetorically to remind the listener that a fact is common knowledge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and your relationship with Duojie. That's your only way out.”
“Duojie, what are you doing? I won't waste your time.”
“Duojie. I've watched you grow up.”
“Duojie. County Mayor Duo, you;ve just recovered. You can't go anywhere.”
“is of course that old man named Duojie.”
“Did you tell Duojie not to let me go?”