这樊家也太倒霉了呀
“The Fan family is so unlucky.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My Lord, you must investigate thoroughly.”
这樊家也 太倒霉了 呀
“The Fan family is so unlucky.”
是啊
“Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional Chinese culture views consecutive tragedies in one household as a sign of being jinxed or suffering an unfavorable shift in collective family fortune.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply too...; way too...
A very common pattern used to express strong emphasis or emotional exaggeration regarding an extreme situation.
down on one's luck; unlucky
Standard colloquial term to describe unfortunate occurrences, bad luck, or being cursed with misfortune.
Expresses an emotional sigh of pity and heightens the exclamation of misfortune.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“People died at the Fan's house again.”
“The Fan couple were such good people.”
“You want to know about the Fan family?”
“The Fan family is so arrogant!”
“She's held the family together all on her own.”
“What grudge do you hold against the Fan family that makes you want us dead?”