他父亲捡一个所谓的傻女人 来结婚生子
“His father found some crazy woman to marry and have a kid.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要是真的 那他父母的婚姻不合法呀
“If that's true, then his parents' marriage was invalid.”
他父亲捡一个 所谓的 傻女人 来 结婚 生子
“His father found some crazy woman to marry and have a kid.”
本来就是违法
“It was illegal to begin with.”
“His father practically took advantage of an incapacitated woman under the guise of marriage, which is blatantly illegal and unethical.”
Reflects an illegal social vice historically found in some remote regions of China, where men would take in, lure, or traffic women with intellectual disabilities to serve as wives, which violates laws against abducting and purchasing women.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so-called; what is referred to as (often implying doubt, reservation, or irony)
Placed before a noun to show that the speaker does not endorse the accuracy or validity of the term.
to get married and have children
A four-character set phrase frequently used in both spoken and written Chinese to summarize major life milestones.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Dad knows what marriage is like.”
“When my silly son first met Wanzhi, we had no idea”
“We saved up half our lives to buy a wife for our son. She just vanished. No grandchild for us now.”
“Duan Ziping is not fit to be a father!”
“Father found out later and scolded me.”
“old enough to be my dad.”