那还不跟我断绝关系
“he'd cut me off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那如果要是跟踪你的话 你这让大军知道的话
“If Jun found out,”
那还不跟我 断绝关系
“he'd cut me off.”
这您放心
“Don't worry.”
“If this blows up, my relationship with him will be completely destroyed.”
Formally severing relations is an extreme social rupture in Chinese culture, representing total alienation and loss of trust that is rarely undone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sever ties / cut off relations
Refers to completely breaking off a personal, familial, or professional relationship.
wouldn't that inevitably...
A rhetorical spoken structure predicting an inevitable, usually severe, negative outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore.”
“Don't contact me again.”
“I didn't want to be involved with him in any way.”