事情已经闹大了
“It's already gotten out of hand.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
磊叔
“Lei!”
事情 已经 闹大了
“It's already gotten out of hand.”
“(2018) Neither Li Jin nor I can get away.”
“This has spiraled completely out of control; we're in serious trouble.”
In Chinese social interactions, people generally prefer private mediation (化小化了). Once a conflict '闹大' (goes public or involves authorities), social and legal consequences become almost irreversible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
blown out of proportion / escalated into a major crisis
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when a small conflict or secret has blown up into a public scandal or disaster.
Signals that the threshold of manageable conflict has been crossed into an unmanageable state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This has already blown up.”
“Things have already blown up.”
“After the huge scene today,”
“This has blown up too big.”
“It happened so suddenly.”
“S-Something really happened outside.”
“The 8/17 Case caused too much of a stir.”
“something big must have happened.”
“It has caused quite a stir in town.”