夫子没教过你礼义廉耻吗
“Didn't they teach you any decency?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Ye Li, you studied at Lishan Academy.”
夫子没教过你 礼义廉耻 吗
“Didn't they teach you any decency?”
我家殿下早已与你退亲 你却心有不甘 屡屡纠缠
“My husband broke off the engagement with you long ago. But you, still bitter, keep pestering”
“You have no dignity whatsoever; stop embarrassing yourself.”
Rooted in classical Confucian thought, these four concepts represent essential social and moral decency; invoking them is one of the strongest cultural insults regarding a person's character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame; the four fundamental virtues
A formal four-character idiom frequently invoked in arguments to accuse someone of lacking basic moral standards or acting shamefully.
Converts the statement into a sharp rhetorical question highlighting indignation.
