你们家规矩不是大得很吗
“Aren't your shop's rules very strict?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都给呈上来
“and show you our finest celadon pieces.”
你们家 规矩 不是 大得很 吗
“Aren't your shop's rules very strict?”
听说新客要花足万钱才能看好货 我可是第一次来
“I heard new customers must spend 10,000 qian to see better goods. This is my first time here, and I'm still allowed?”
“Don't pretend you treat everyone the same when your rules are so rigid.”
In traditional Chinese commercial and social guilds, invoking 'guiju' establishes boundaries, hierarchies, and qualifications for doing business.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rules, established customs, discipline
Use this to refer to institutional rules, family discipline, or unwritten social protocols.
exceptionally large, very formidable
A spoken pattern '[adjective] + 得很' used to dramatically emphasize the intensity of a quality.
Forms a rhetorical question that expresses doubt and provokes a response from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Aren't your rules very strict?”
“your family rules were quite strange. -If bad guys want to come in… -What are you doing here?”