他们就无暇 顾及我的亲事了
“They won't have time to take care of my marriage.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家里一乱
“There will be a mess in the family.”
他们就无暇 顾及我的 亲事 了
“They won't have time to take care of my marriage.”
而且 父亲一旦知道 当年的真相
“And once my father knows the truth of that year,”
“If I stir up enough chaos at home, they will be too busy to force me into marriage.”
In traditional Chinese family hierarchies, elders controlled marriage decisions, leaving youths to resort to indirect strategies to resist.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have no time or spare attention to deal with something
A semi-formal idiom used when somebody is too overwhelmed by urgent matters to handle another issue.
Marks a change of situation resulting from the anticipated domestic chaos.