你到底愿不愿意入赘
“Will you marry into my family or not?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我再问你最后一遍
“I'll ask you one last time.”
你到底 愿不愿意 入赘
“Will you marry into my family or not?”
你放开
“Let go!”
“Stop stalling and give me a straight answer right now.”
Traditionally in China, a man marrying into the wife's household often carried social stigma, making this demand a matter of power and male pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on earth / in the end / after all
Added before verbs in questions to intensify urgency and express exasperation.
to marry into the wife's family (matrilocal marriage)
A traditional Chinese cultural and legal term describing a man residing with and taking on duties for his wife's household.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“♪ I pray that our love will not be like sand ♪ When you agreed to marry into my family, ♪ Slipping into the sea ♪”
“I'm not forcing you to marry into the Fan family.”
“you were taken by force to serve”
“that you marrying into our family is fake.”
“If I can't marry into your family,”
“You may not really fit.”