那是天大的事儿 他孟耀辉敢拿这个 来威胁我
“That's a huge deal! Meng Yaohui dared to use this to threaten me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
复绿工程
“The regreening project.”
那是 天大的事儿 他孟耀辉敢拿 这个 来 威胁我
“That's a huge deal! Meng Yaohui dared to use this to threaten me!”
为什么呀
“Why?”
“Who does he think he is trying to intimidate me with something so serious?”
Being openly blackmailed causes immense loss of face (mianzi); reacting with fierce rhetorical indignation reasserts one's status and pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a matter of paramount importance / a huge deal
A highly idiomatic colloquial expression used to emphasize the absolute gravity or critical nature of an event.
use this to threaten me
Standard pattern for identifying and rejecting someone's leverage or attempt at blackmail.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“After the huge scene today,”
“Anything can wait”
“You caused such a disaster, and you're still sleeping soundly here.”
“She's kept such a stressful secret in her heart for years.”
“Drop everything this month no matter how important it is.”