这是我们自己家的事啊 怎么就没看出来呢
“as a family matter. How do you not see that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也没觉得
“I don't see this”
这 是我 们 自己 家 的 事 啊 怎么就没 看出来 呢
“as a family matter. How do you not see that?”
这要是我们自己家的事
“If this were our family's business,”
“You are being completely oblivious to how this affects our family.”
Chinese domestic values strictly distinguish between insider (family) and outsider matters, discouraging external exposure of internal friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
one's own family business / a private domestic matter
Commonly used to delineate boundary lines between family matters and public or outsider interference.
how on earth could someone not have...
A rhetorical structure used to express bewilderment, mild exasperation, or criticism towards someone's lack of perception.
Emphasizes the obviousness of the fact that this is a family matter.
Adds an interrogative and exasperated rhetorical cadence to the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Luckily they don't suspect us yet”
“want their descendants to be bullied.”
“Why am I always the last to know everything in our family?”
“Can you tell? Things in our division are quite serious.”