景少卿怕不是忘了
“Vice Minister Jing,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谁是你夫人啊
“Who is your wife?”
景少卿 怕不是忘了
“Vice Minister Jing,”
“have you forgotten about the divorce letter someone wrote?”
“Stop pretending we are married; you signed the divorce paper yourself.”
In ancient China, particularly the Tang and Song dynasties, a husband gave a 'letter of release' to divorce his wife, which legally dissolved the marital bond and permitted both to remarry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
most likely; could it be that
A rhetorical idiom often used to make a sharp, ironic conjecture or mock someone's apparent forgetfulness.
letter of divorce; deed of separation
A historical term referring to the legal document a husband wrote to officially release his wife from marriage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Vice Minister Jing must be drunk by now.”
“Vice Minister Jing has always lived a life of comfort.”
“Vice Minister Jing could comply,”
“Vice Minister Jing, though you're a suspect,”
“Isn't Vice Minister Jing deeply devoted to his wife?”
“They say Vice Minister Jing has a discerning palate,”