他们上下十几口人
“His household had more than a dozen people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
又不要一文钱
“without asking for a dime.”
他们 上下十几口人
“His household had more than a dozen people.”
“Seeing that I had magic and the strength to labor,”
“All of them are leeches expecting me to do everything for them.”
In historical Chinese households, a daughter-in-law or wife was expected to serve the entire multigenerational family (上下几口人), often leading to intense physical and emotional burnout.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
over a dozen people spanning generations / the whole family of over ten
A traditional formulation where '口' serves as the measure word for family members, indicating an entire extended household.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Zhu knows. I take over ten people to work at construction sites.”
“there are still”
“over 400 residents of Yuehai gathered. It was packed.”
“How many people died in there?”
“There are dozens of them. What if they surround us?”
“We need more hands!”