让你连累 全家覆灭
“let you bring this house to ruin,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
与其
“Rather than”
让你 连累 全家覆灭
“let you bring this house to ruin,”
不如今儿
“today”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Chinese legal and ethical codes tied the entire household's survival to each individual's conduct, making collective ruin a very real existential dread.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
complete destruction of the entire household
A heavy, dramatic expression indicating the absolute downfall, death, or extermination of a family line.
to implicate; to drag down
Commonly used when one person's misconduct brings disaster or trouble onto innocent associates or relatives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You were dragged into this.”
“I got you into this. I should have known.”
“I'm the one who dragged you down.”
“I implicated you.”
“But I have dragged you into this.”
“would have been exterminated.”