这田家有他们的靠山
“The Tian family has powerful connections.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们怎么办啊
“Eldest Aunt and Uncle Jingdong?”
这田家有他们的 靠山
“The Tian family has powerful connections.”
“We'll have to seek our own connections.”
“They are protected by influential figures, so we cannot fight them without securing our own powerful backers.”
In traditional power structures, survival and commercial success often depended heavily on having an influential official patron to shield against rival attacks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
backer; patron; source of strong support
Very frequently used in both historical and modern contexts to denote a powerful person or institution behind someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the future of our family rests on your shoulders.”
“the Tian family is sailing smoothly now.”
“The Tian family has nothing but bad people, I'm telling you.”
“to our Tian family for me to manage!”
“I'm afraid it's the Tian family's doing. You must be on your guard.”
“and bring the Tian family to justice in one stroke.”