这放在别人家里 可能都是 倾家荡产的大事
“For another family, this could be a catastrophe that bankrupts them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只有大案 没有小案
“All cases are major cases.”
这放在别 人家 里 可能都是 倾家荡产 的 大事
“For another family, this could be a catastrophe that bankrupts them.”
就好比吴江的死
“Just like Wu Jiang's death.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese society, disastrous events are typically framed around the stability of the entire household ('家') rather than merely isolated individuals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
lose a family fortune; complete bankruptcy
A standard four-character idiom emphasizing extreme economic devastation on a household.
if this happened in another family's home
Used to invoke perspective-taking and empathy for regular citizens.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When you break something in someone else's house,”
“providing a home away from home for others,”
“You just casually mortgaged this home to someone else.”
“them staying at someone's house.”