我们又把火柴厂卖了 我们就彻底断粮了
“and we've also sold the match factory, we'll be completely out of resources.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Can you ship it? Then think about it, if something goes wrong with the transportation”
我们又把火柴厂 卖了 我们就 彻底断粮 了
“and we've also sold the match factory, we'll be completely out of resources.”
去 拿着这个
“Go, take this.”
“Don't even think about selling the factory; doing so would be complete suicide for us.”
In Chinese culture, having food represents fundamental survival security; metaphorically invoking 'running out of grain' creates an ultimate emotional appeal against reckless actions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
thoroughly; completely
Used as an adverb before a verb or adjective to indicate a final, irreversible state.
to run out of grain; to lose one's food supply / livelihood
Literally running out of food, but widely used idiomatically to denote the exhaustion of financial resources or survival funds.
Marks a new, disastrous resulting state occurring under the hypothetical condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(South and North Villages, Tuoxi River) were burned to the ground by a fire.”
“We have put out the fire, yet the goods we were supposed to deliver inside”
“cannot be sold. Our most profitable business right now is the match factory.”