二伯父至少还官居四品 姚家就这样看不上
“Second Uncle is still a fourth-grade official at least, and they already look down on him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这才准备退亲的
“and his career is ruined now.”
二伯父 至少 还官居四品 姚家 就这样 看不上
“Second Uncle is still a fourth-grade official at least, and they already look down on him.”
“Now that my father has even lost his post, do they still think they'd accept me?”
“If even our highest-ranking relative is snubbed, we don't stand a chance.”
Traditional Chinese marital alliances depended strictly on equal social, official, and financial status. When a family's political capital declines, prospective in-laws readily terminate betrothals without sentimentality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hold a fourth-rank official post
A formal and literary formula used in historical contexts to specify someone's bureaucratic ranking in imperial China.
to look down upon; to think someone is not good enough
A ubiquitous colloquial expression for expressing that someone or something falls short of expectations or standards.
