卖鱼 哪有这样的家
“in the Old Factory Street. There wouldn't be such a house like this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那我还在旧厂街
“I'd have still been selling fish”
卖鱼 哪有这样的家
“in the Old Factory Street. There wouldn't be such a house like this.”
“If you had really listened to me, your brother wouldn't have been like this.”
“You think selling fish could ever build this luxury? Look at the cost we paid.”
In Chinese family ethics, moral rectitude is traditionally valued over illicit prosperity, creating sharp tension when prosperity ruins the family.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can there be / where on earth
A rhetorical negation used to strongly deny the plausibility or existence of something.
this kind of / such
Demonstrative modifier pointing to a specific condition or quality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Fish vendors usually keep the dead and injured fish for themselves,”
“I guess they are waiting for some bigger fish. They're afraid we'll disturb them before taking action.”
“I just want to ask how many fishmongers are there in the market?”
“I want to ask you something. How many fishmongers are there in the market?”
“Tasting the fish you raise here.”
“Xiaoyu is simple.”