压根没和他们家说一句话
“didn't exchange a single word with their family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
沙地克一家
“Sadiq's family”
压根没 和 他们家 说一句话
“didn't exchange a single word with their family.”
“Uncle Elishir's face was beyond grim.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In close-knit Chinese communities, deliberately cutting off verbal communication with an entire household signals a serious, long-standing grievance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not at all; from the very start
A strong colloquial adverb used before negative verbs to stress absolute refusal, absence, or impossibility.
to speak a single word
Commonly paired with negative markers to emphasize a total breakdown in communication or extreme coldness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feel I have nothing to talk with them.”
“They can't speak. They won't file reports to you.”
“We didn't really talk much.”
“it's like you never saw us as family.”
“what was weighing on your heart?”
“You did the right thing not telling them.”