还有家属面前 替你说破了喉咙
“in front of the investigation team and the family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你能这么想 真是不枉费何庭在调查组
“The fact that you can think this way means Judge He didn't argue for you in vain”
还有 家属面前 替你 说破了喉咙
“in front of the investigation team and the family.”
他很认可你的能力的 不是你的断案能力
“He truly recognizes your abilities. Not your judgment in cases,”
“You owe him big time; he put his neck on the line to defend you.”
In Chinese hierarchical organizations, when a mentor or senior colleague uses their own social credit to defend a junior, it creates an enormous moral obligation (renqing) for the junior to perform well and show loyalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pleaded/advocated on your behalf until hoarse
An exaggerated, highly vivid spoken idiom indicating exhaustive and relentless verbal advocacy.
not in vain / to not waste (someone's effort)
Used to acknowledge that someone's goodwill or strenuous effort was ultimately justified.
Functions as a verbal aspect particle denoting completion and the severe extent of the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The family kept pulling at me, pushing canned food and sweet-talking.”
“We're all family here, so I'm not afraid of saying something wrong.”
“The family is exploiting the tragedy.”
“We're family. Don't put it that way. Take it.”
“why are you still making your family worry about you?”
“Sorry for all the trouble our family has caused you. Don't say that.”