还想把我整个叶家拉下水
“and dragging the entire Ye family into it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“attempting to stir up trouble”
还想把我整个叶家 拉下水
“and dragging the entire Ye family into it.”
“Did she want us to be buried with that rebel?”
“I will never let you ruin my entire family with your treasonous schemes!”
In imperial China, severe crimes like treason resulted in collective punishment for the offender's entire extended family, making clan preservation the highest priority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to drag someone into trouble; to implicate someone in a bad deed
Often used with the 'ba' structure (e.g., 把...拉下水) when accusing someone of corrupting an innocent party or getting them involved in a scandal.
the whole; the entire
Placed directly before a noun or a pronoun-modified noun phrase to emphasize totality.