通家上下都看遍了 哪儿也没找到
“We've searched the entire residence, yet she was nowhere to be found.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
四少奶奶她不见了 不见了 怎么回事
“Fourth Young Lady has gone missing. Missing? How did that happen?”
通家上下都看遍了 哪儿也没找到
“We've searched the entire residence, yet she was nowhere to be found.”
她应该在渔梁渡
“She's probably at Yuliang Wharf.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In classical wealthy estates, '通家上下' indicates searching multi-courtyard residences and questioning all tiers of servants.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
from top to bottom; the entirety of
Placed after collective nouns (e.g., 通家上下, 全家上下) to mean every single person or place in the unit.
searched/looked everywhere
Composed of the verb '看' and complement '遍', meaning to view or check thoroughly.
nowhere at all
An emphatic negative construction expressing complete absence.
Signifies completion of the exhaustive search.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Playing house.”
“Master. I finally found you.”
“My supplier scammed me!”
“our home”
“Master, that won't do!”
“This household— she is not yet the one in charge.”