火倒是扑灭了 可是里面存着咱们要交付的货
“We have put out the fire, yet the goods we were supposed to deliver inside”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
事情严重了 这火烧到了烟棚 库房也受了牵连
“things have gotten much worse. The fire reached the smoke shed, and the warehouse was also affected.”
火 倒是 扑灭了 可是 里面 存着 咱们要交付的货
“We have put out the fire, yet the goods we were supposed to deliver inside”
大半都被烧毁了
“were mostly destroyed.”
“Don't celebrate extinguishing the fire; we are in deep trouble with our client contracts.”
Failing to deliver contracted goods damages business reputation ('xinyong'), which is historically critical to merchant family survival.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
contrary to expectation; indeed (introducing a concession)
Used to acknowledge a positive or expected fact before pivoting to a major drawback.
to hand over; to deliver (goods/payment)
A formal commercial term for fulfilling contractual delivery obligations.
Marks the completed change of state regarding the fire being extinguished.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and we've also sold the match factory, we'll be completely out of resources.”
“Guess how we handled the fire breathing? How?”