也好过韦尚书这满身老头子的迂腐味
“is still preferable to your stuffy old-fashioned pedantry.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妇人之仁
“Feminine leniency”
也好过 韦尚书这满身 老头子 的 迂腐味
“is still preferable to your stuffy old-fashioned pedantry.”
- 你… - 县主言辞中肯
“- You… - Her Ladyship was impartial.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Respecting age and high-ranking court ministers is paramount in traditional Chinese hierarchy, making such a blunt verbal assault against an elder official an extreme act of defiance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
still better than; far preferable to
Used to make a comparative put-down, asserting moral or practical superiority over an alternative.
pedantic; dogmatic and stubbornly traditional
A derogatory adjective often directed at orthodox Confucian scholars unwilling to adapt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Wang nearly fainted from rage.”
“We caused such a big scene last time.”
“the Wei household has fallen apart.”
“the entire Wei cloth business will be mine.”
“I noticed it the first time I went to the Wei mansion. Back then, I wondered”
“the whole Wei family would've been destroyed.”