该不会在肖想有夫之妇吧
“Surely you aren't pining for a married woman?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Discipline Inspector Li, you stay in Jizhou and refuse to return to the Capital.”
该不会 在 肖想 有夫之妇吧
“Surely you aren't pining for a married woman?”
“Mrs. Fan and the Marquis of Wu'an are in a fake marriage.”
“Don't pretend you're just lingering here on business—admit that you have improper designs on her.”
In traditional moral doctrine, pursuing a married woman (you fu zhi fu) is a severe ethical transgression, making such teasing a pointed moral jab.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that... / surely not...
A conversational pattern used to introduce a rhetorical, skeptical, or alarming suspicion.
a married woman
A standard four-character idiom specifically referring to a woman who already has a husband.
to harbour improper thoughts about / to covet
A slightly archaic or regional verb denoting yearning for something or someone beyond one's rightful reach.
Softens the rhetorical accusation into a probing, half-joking speculation.
