我们王家还没放在眼里
“means nothing to the Wang family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们王家 还没放在眼里
“means nothing to the Wang family.”
我恒顺盐局
“Hengshun Salt Bureau”
“A petty magistrate has no power over my family; do not think you can threaten us.”
Wealthy, monopolistic merchant families (such as salt cartels) historically possessed immense local influence, occasionally overshadowing low-ranking imperial magistrates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon; to not take someone or something seriously
A widely used spoken idiom meaning to hold someone in utter contempt or regard them as powerless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“she is still climbing the social ladder by aiming for the Wang family. So of course she has to use some tricks!”
“How will you repay that debt?”
“What does that have to do with my family?”
“your family has always been subordinate to the immortal sect,”
“your family can't stay out of it.”
“and taking whatever they wanted from your Wang family.”