那矿里干得 热火朝天的
“Work is still in full swing there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“how would the workers get by?”
那矿里干得 热火朝天 的
“Work is still in full swing there.”
白队长 你不忙啊
“Captain Bai, aren't you busy?”
“The miners are working hard and making an honest living, so leave them alone.”
In working-class Chinese contexts, emphasizing collective hard work serves as moral justification against administrative interference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in full swing; buzzing with vigorous activity
A vivid four-character idiom describing scenes of intense collective labor or enthusiastic effort.
Placed at the end of the clause to add an emphatic, descriptive tone confirming the ongoing state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Each mine supports the livelihoods of many people. You can't just shut them down.”
“If I didn't, how could I work at the mine? Would the workers respect me?”
“it'll unsettle everyone at the mine.”
“While he was working in the mine,”
“We use it to blast mines. It's enough to blow up a building.”
“I just caused a scene at the coal mine,”