我们家是不是被 打击报复了呀
“did anyone take revenge on our restaurant?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爸
“Dad,”
我们家 是不是 被 打击报复 了呀
“did anyone take revenge on our restaurant?”
“Our kitchen is so clean. How come”
“The clean kitchen cannot explain these sudden troubles; someone must be deliberately coming after us.”
Small family-run eateries in China view unexpected regulatory pressures as existential threats, prompting family members to confer collectively on potential relational grudges.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
retaliation / vindictive revenge
A set idiomatic compound frequently used in spoken and formal Chinese to describe targeted punitive harassment.
our family / our household (or family business)
Often represents the entire family unit or family-owned store in casual conversation.
Softens the directness of a blunt, alarming accusation while conveying earnest concern.
