也得跟我吃糠咽菜
“she'll have to suffer in poverty with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
祯娘就算嫁给我
“Even if Zhen marries me...”
也得跟我 吃糠咽菜
“she'll have to suffer in poverty with me.”
为了祯娘
“For Zhen...”
“I love her, but marrying me will only force her into a life of desperate poverty.”
Traditional and modern Chinese expectations place heavy responsibility on the male provider to secure basic domestic welfare before marrying.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to eat chaff and greens; to live on poor rations and endure severe poverty
A traditional set phrase used figuratively to denote living in extreme material austerity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the one scraping by in poverty”
“you shouldn't be in this profession.”
“Eat some dishes. Let's eat. I want this.”
“You can't eat all the delicacies. Exactly.”
“One more dish. How can we eat all this?”
“D-Dig in. Dig in. Let's eat. Let's eat.”