我们怎么向人家家属 交代呀 怎么向天多 玛治的
“How do we answer to the family? How do we answer to the people”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Just keep dragging this out? Drag it out until we retire?”
我们 怎么 向 人家 家属 交代 呀 怎么 向天多 玛治的
“How do we answer to the family? How do we answer to the people”
群众交代呀
“of Tianduo and Mazhi?”
“We can't just drag this out anymore; we owe the victims and the public a real explanation.”
In Chinese public administration and culture, 'jiaodai' represents the moral duty of officials to provide a satisfactory answer and closure to citizens and families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
give an explanation / provide closure to the family
A pragmatic phrase used when fulfilling an ethical or institutional obligation toward affected family members.
how can one explain / account to...
Common rhetorical pattern conveying fear of failure, loss of face, or moral accountability.
Accentuates the speaker's emotional distress, helplessness, and the urgency of the rhetorical question.
