难道你还想养她一辈子不成
“Are you planning to provide for her for life?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
下次她还会拿此事来要挟你
“she'll just hold it over your head again.”
难道 你还想养她 一辈子不 成
“Are you planning to provide for her for life?”
我若能趁机 搞到十方客栈 她要的那几两银子
“If I can take this opportunity to get my hands on the Shifang Inns, those few taels of silver she wants”
“You cannot keep paying her off forever; you need to put an end to this.”
The verb 'yang' (to raise or financially support) implies a deep familial obligation; using it for an extortionist sarcastically frames the victim as a foolish provider.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that...; do you mean to say...
A strong rhetorical frame used to challenge someone by highlighting how ridiculous their current action or assumption is.
support her financially for the rest of her life
Can be used literally for family responsibility or sarcastically when someone is leeching off another person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Guess Fang Wanzhi has to support her.”
“Then, I'm giving up as well. I can't support you at all.”
“But you still need to pay their salaries.”
“Do you want to stay here forever?”
“Otherwise, how will you afford to keep me?”
“he never intended for her to return alive.”