到底是夫妻一场
“he and I were husband and wife.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我与他
“After all,”
到底是夫妻一场
“he and I were husband and wife.”
堂姐
“Cousin,”
“I cannot be completely ruthless toward him because our shared past as husband and wife still carries emotional weight.”
In Chinese relationship ethics, marriage entails profound shared destiny (yuanfen) and accumulated kindness (en); treating an ex-spouse or estranged partner with total coldness is often viewed as morally heartless.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
after all / in the final analysis
Used to introduce an undeniable reality or core relationship that justifies an attitude or decision.
having been husband and wife / sharing a chapter as a married couple
A poignant idiom emphasizing that being married, even temporarily or problematically, creates an indelible bond.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you were husband and wife after all.”
“After all, we were once married.”
“we were once husband and wife.”
“For the sake of your past marriage,”
“since we were once husband and wife, we should end this on good terms.”