李家被你们八房 害得如今这个地步
“Look at the state the Eighth Branch has brought the Li family to today.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让祖宗蒙羞 我们万万做不得 爷爷 正良 做不得
“and disgracing our ancestors is something we shouldn't do. Grandpa. Zhengliang. Something we shouldn't do?”
李家被你们八房 害得 如今 这个 地步
“Look at the state the Eighth Branch has brought the Li family to today.”
“Don't pretend to have morals when your branch is the reason our family is ruined.”
In traditional large clans (宗族), different branches (房) shared collective fortunes, making one branch's missteps a source of bitter, multi-generational resentment for the others.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the eighth branch (of a clan)
Refers to traditional lineage subdivisions within large extended Chinese patriarchal clans.
to harm/cause to end up in a bad situation
Used to introduce an adverse, often catastrophic result caused by someone else's actions.
the state things are in today; such a dire plight
Used to describe an unfortunate or disastrous current predicament.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Does that mean he has to attach the Eighth Branch to us?”
“Haven't you been kicked out by the Li family? You're no better than a stray dog.”
“Leaving the family property to this girl from the Eighth Branch,”
“The Li family took so much from us,”
“all those who can decide for the Li family are gathered here.”
“Our Li family can lose anything,”