若是知道未来的儿媳妇 如此蛮横无理
“If they knew their future daughter-in-law was so unreasonable”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
诗礼之家
“a family of poetry and propriety.”
若是 知道 未来的 儿媳妇 如此 蛮横无理
“If they knew their future daughter-in-law was so unreasonable”
不顾手足之情
“and disregarded sibling bonds,”
“You are ruining your own marriage prospects with this unacceptable behavior.”
In traditional China, prospective daughters-in-law were judged heavily on gentleness, filial piety, and propriety; being seen as tyrannical could justify breaking off an engagement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if / supposing that
A literary and formal conditional conjunction equivalent to '如果', common in period dramas.
arrogant and unreasonable / rude and tyrannical
A four-character idiom used to severely denounce someone's willful and abusive behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Honey... Wait... It's not... There's nothing between us!”
“I have a presumptuous request.”
“That's for his future daughter-in-law.”
“I didn't dare neglect the matter,”