他们罪孽深重 怎可掌事
“They have committed grave sins. How can she be the manager?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是谁把李家害到如此这般地步
“Who brought the Li family to such a desperate state?”
他们 罪孽深重 怎可掌事
“They have committed grave sins. How can she be the manager?”
让她掌事
“Even if you accept her”
“It is unthinkable and completely unacceptable to let those guilty people take control.”
In traditional Chinese lineage management, personal virtue and absence of wrongdoing were considered essential prerequisites for assuming clan management authority (掌事).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
heavily sinful / guilty of monstrous crimes
A formal idiom used to emphasize that someone's misconduct is unforgivable.
how can one possibly...
A rhetorical, literary pattern expressing disbelief and moral objection.
take charge of affairs / hold managerial power
A traditional term referring to running a household, business, or clan estate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I know my sins are grave.”
“know our sins are heavy.”
“And that is such a grave crime”
“If you can't take this little pain,”
“it'll be your fault. You have to stick to your principles.”
“But please don't let”