我连休书都写好了
“I have even written a letter of repudiation.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实有好几次
“actually, several times”
我连 休书 都 写好了
“I have even written a letter of repudiation.”
但是到了最后
“But in the end,”
“You drove me to my absolute limit, and I almost completely gave up on you.”
In patriarchal imperial China, a husband could unilaterally dismiss his wife by issuing a 'xiushu', symbolizing the absolute rupture of marital obligations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
letter of divorce (historically written by a husband to repudiate a wife)
Typically heard in historical or period dramas when a husband formally dissolves a marriage.
even...
A correlative construction used to highlight an extreme or unexpected degree.
Marks the completed state of writing the divorce letter.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me type it for you, then. They haven't given me any work lately anyway.”
“- I even wrote suicide notes. - I know. I saw them.”
“Also, I'll write the divorce paper for you in advance”
“I found a letter of divorce.”
“I'm on vacation anyway.”
“I haven't finished the report. Why don't you rest a bit longer?”