把太爷逼到绝路
“you pushed Great-grandfather to a dead end.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就为了个房子
“Just for a house,”
把太爷 逼到绝路
“you pushed Great-grandfather to a dead end.”
那是死路啊
“That was a dead end!”
“How could they be so cruel and heartless to an old elder just for real estate?”
Mistreating or cornering an elder (like a Taiye) for real estate inheritance is viewed as one of the gravest moral violations against traditional Confucian filial piety in Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to drive someone into a dead end / to the brink of despair
A strong idiomatic phrase used when someone puts another person under extreme, unendurable pressure leaving no way out.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“For making you and Master suffer so much,”
“I'm already grateful to get you out.”
“We can't just let Master die in prison for nothing, right?”
“and sleep on the floor next to Master.”
“where will Great-grandfather put his dignity?”
“Master is almost fully recovered.”