可人家眼里 没有嫡庶之分
“However, they care not whether one is born of the legal wife or a concubine.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Logically speaking, it was you who got the upper hand.”
可 人家 眼里 没有 嫡庶之分
“However, they care not whether one is born of the legal wife or a concubine.”
“Why do you still dislike someone who is not good-looking. That's really not good.”
“They are overlooking your inferior birth status, so you should be grateful rather than complain.”
In imperial Chinese kinship law, legitimate children (di) born to the primary wife held far higher status and marriage value than illegitimate or concubine-born offspring (shu).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
distinction between legitimate and concubine-born offspring
Used in historical and cultural discussions of clan hierarchy where primary wives' children held legal superiority.
does not care about / overlooks
An idiomatic spoken pattern meaning someone does not place value on or pay attention to a specific convention.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is not something our Gu family would even care about.”
“In your heart, this family simply doesn't exist.”
“but Cheng didn't buy into his act at all.”
“He's from the city. He has high standards. He probably wouldn't fancy a village girl like us.”
“But my father is merely a Director of the Treasury in the Ministry of Revenue.”
“Are you the master, or is she the master?”