要抵债怎么不拿你自己的宅子
“Why not give them your house instead?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好不好
“Alright?”
要抵债 怎么不 拿你 自己的 宅子
“Why not give them your house instead?”
我的宅子要抵了
“But where are my wife and I”
“Don't sacrifice my property to save your own skin; put your own house on the line first.”
In Chinese family disputes involving debt, individuals often try to preserve their own direct branch's property while pledging extended family assets, sparking intense accusations of bad faith.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to offset or pay off a debt with property
Common legal and commercial spoken phrase used when settling debts with non-cash assets.
why don't you...
Rhetorical construction used to challenge why the listener has avoided doing the obvious or fair thing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I put the place up as collateral.”
“Let's just pack up and give them back the house.”
“this will get your unit back?”
“He said if I put up the title to the temple as collateral, I could pay him back slowly.”
“How could he, while you were inside, sell the house?”
“I'm making space for you.”