现在竟然敲诈起你我来了
“Now she's trying to blackmail us!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Is the Shuangqing Troupe not earning enough for her?”
现在 竟然 敲诈 起你 我来 了
“Now she's trying to blackmail us!”
你若应了她这一次
“[Madam Qin] If you give in to her this time,”
“She has crossed the line and is treating us like a bottomless bank; we cannot tolerate this.”
In historical China, wealthy families or patrons often funded private opera troupes, which was seen as an extravagant hobby that could easily drain family wealth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unexpectedly; to one's surprise; actually
Use before a verb to express strong surprise or shock that something unthinkable has happened.
to extort; to blackmail
Can be used literally for a crime, or hyperbolically in daily speech when someone asks for an unreasonable amount of money.
to start doing something (directional complement)
Split around the object here to indicate the sudden onset of an action.
Marks a change of state, emphasizing that the situation has escalated to this new, unacceptable level.
