却插手主家的家事
“he's meddling with the main family's affairs,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他是墨坊管事
“as the manager of the ink workshop,”
却 插手 主家 的家事
“he's meddling with the main family's affairs,”
“and has gathered a large group of workers”
“Know your place; a hired manager has no right to interfere in our family's internal affairs.”
Traditional Chinese family businesses maintained rigid boundaries where non-family employees were strictly forbidden from intervening in the owner clan's internal lineage matters.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to meddle in / to poke one's nose into
Carries a strong negative connotation regarding unauthorized interference.
family affairs / domestic business
Refers strictly to internal family matters, often invoked to exclude outsiders.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's their family business. I didn't want to meddle.”
“Aren't I the one managing everything in this household?”
“You run the troupe but can't decide?”
“Who knew Master would meet with disaster?”
“Since it's a family matter, it should be be settled by family rules.”
“From now on, there's another decision-maker in the family.”