赵嘉许的妻子那么信任他 他居然还养外宅
“Zhao Jiaxu's wife trusted him so much, yet he kept a mistress!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You men are all no good!”
赵嘉许的妻子那么 信任 他 他 居然 还 养外宅
“Zhao Jiaxu's wife trusted him so much, yet he kept a mistress!”
活该他被人拔了舌头
“He deserved having his tongue severed!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial Chinese society, keeping an unacknowledged household outside official family scrutiny was seen as disgraceful deceit, violating familial trust and marital integrity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to keep a mistress / to maintain a secret second household
A traditional Chinese idiom used to describe a married man supporting a secret lover in a separate home.
unexpectedly went so far as to / actually still
Used to convey deep shock, disapproval, or disbelief at an egregious action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- So her husband - Stop, Jiahe.”
“Jia and Ms. Xu fell out a long time ago.”
“Jiahe, what about the girls? Mr. He, Yu Liping isn't here either.”
“Luckily, Jiahe held him back. Anyway,”
“Jiahe, your mom is doing well, huh?”
“She had a history with Gao Jiawei, right?”