她也应该知道向着谁啊
“she should know whom to side with.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
虽说当初我们三房薄待过她 可是为了将来
“Although our third branch wasn't kind to her before, for the sake of the future,”
她也 应该知道 向着谁 啊
“she should know whom to side with.”
孙儿明白
“I understand.”
“She needs to be smart and support our branch regardless of how we treated her before.”
In traditional polygamous and extended Chinese households, different branches ('fang') compete fiercely for resources while expecting pragmatic solidarity when advantageous.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take someone's side; to favor someone
Commonly used in interpersonal and domestic disputes to denote taking sides or showing favoritism.
ought to know / should be sensible enough to know
Used to express an expectation of common sense or moral/pragmatic duty from someone.
Adds emotional insistence, reinforcing the speaker's expectation as an obvious truth.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who do you think she is inviting now?”
“Gosh. How did she know it?”
“You should know who he is.”
“She found out everything—”
“She's only nice to people she can use.”
“if she knows”