唯恐八房再有翻身之日 无论我们怎么做
“you're afraid that the Eighth Branch will be able to start anew. No matter what we do,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而景东叔一再相逼 也不过是忌惮爷爷一生所学
“You threaten us only because you're afraid of what Grandpa has mastered throughout his life—”
唯恐八房再有 翻身之日 无论我们 怎么 做
“you're afraid that the Eighth Branch will be able to start anew. No matter what we do,”
在你们眼中皆是过错
“it is always wrong in your eyes.”
“You are terrified we might surpass you, so you make everything we do into a crime.”
Traditional Chinese lineages (clans) were subdivided into numbered branches (房), which frequently competed fiercely over heritage, trade secrets, and ancestral influence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the day of turning one's fortunes around or rising again
Used metaphorically to describe oppressed or disadvantaged people making a comeback.
for fear that / lest
A formal written and spoken conjunction indicating deep apprehension or deliberate preemptive caution.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Better safe than sorry. Who can say for sure?”
“Will you dare to do it again? I won't dare. I won't.”
“Predicting an unforeseen disaster”
“already has the intention of treason.”
“I won't do it again.”
“I won't have to live in fear any longer.”