你挺大岁数 怎么也不结婚哪 都成老姑娘了
“You're not young. Why don't you get married? You aren't a young lady anymore.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I haven't asked you all these years.”
你 挺大岁数 怎么 也不 结婚 哪 都成 老姑娘 了
“You're not young. Why don't you get married? You aren't a young lady anymore.”
人生啊
“In life,”
“Time is running out for you; why haven't you settled down like a normal adult?”
Elder family members and acquaintances in China often feel a cultural obligation to openly probe and pressure younger adults about getting married.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
getting on in years; quite old
A blunt colloquial description of mature age, often implying someone should act according to their stage of life.
old maid; spinster
A traditional, somewhat derogatory colloquial term for an unmarried woman past customary marrying age.
Softens the interrogative query into an informal, gossipy inquiry.
Marks a change of state, stressing that the person has already reached the status of an unmarried woman.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The age doesn't match. It's not her.”
“But you're of age. Why not start a family?”
“You're an unmarried girl.”
“You're not getting any younger. Why aren't you dating anyone?”
“Are you not planning to get married?”