他们家就没安生过
“their family hasn't known peace.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他们家 就没安生过
“their family hasn't known peace.”
“I heard her matrilocal husband was badly hurt.”
“That family is a magnet for trouble and never sees a peaceful day.”
In traditional Chinese communities, a family's recurrent misfortunes are often attributed to bad omens or family members carrying misfortune, becoming public fodder for moralizing gossip.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
peaceful; free from trouble
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe people or households living calmly without drama or unrest.
has never experienced... even once
A useful construction to emphatically state that an ongoing negative condition has never ceased.