然后就挑拨离间 我的家里人
“so he sowed discord between me and my family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他这些年一直在找 我犯罪的证据 找不到
“He has been looking for evidence of crimes against me these years. He can't find any,”
然后就 挑拨离间 我的家里人
“so he sowed discord between me and my family.”
“He couldn't pin anything on me, so he turned my own blood against me.”
Sowing discord among family members is considered an especially despicable tactic in Chinese culture, where internal family harmony is deeply venerated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to sow discord; to drive a wedge between people
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used in spoken discourse to denounce manipulative behavior.
family members; family
A warm, everyday spoken term for immediate relatives or household members.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So he sowed discord between us.”
“The last thing I need is to look like I'm stirring things up.”
“Just like you said, he was trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“even sowing discord among them.”
“It's clearly a setup to stir up trouble.”
“to sow discord between you and Mang Village. Secretary Meng,”
“I won't allow you to sow discord here.”
“stop trying to drive a wedge between people.”
“They are clearly trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“Trying to sow discord between us?”
“and drive a wedge between us brothers.”