樊二两口子还尸骨未寒呢
“while Fan Erniu and his wife were barely cold in their graves,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“as soon as Song Yan became a provincial candidate,”
樊二 两口子 还 尸骨未寒 呢
“while Fan Erniu and his wife were barely cold in their graves,”
“he forced Changyu to break off the engagement?”
“How dare he break the betrothal so fast when their corpses are barely in the ground!”
Traditional Chinese morality severely condemns taking selfish advantage or breaking solemn promises before the deceased's spirit has settled and the body is cold.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the bones are not yet cold (scarcely dead)
A powerful idiom used to criticize disloyal or opportunistic acts committed immediately after someone's death.
husband and wife; married couple
A very common colloquial term for a married couple in northern spoken Chinese.
Emphasizes the ongoing reality of the tragedy to underline the shock and moral outrage.
