能相夫教子 取悦夫家
“to support our husbands, raise our children, and please our husbands' families.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
却也自幼被教诲 学习这些 都是为了能嫁个好人家
“yet we are also told that all such learning serves to secure a good marriage,”
能 相夫教子 取悦夫家
“to support our husbands, raise our children, and please our husbands' families.”
- 好 - 但是这一次
“- Bravo! - But today,”
“I was raised to live solely for a husband, but I want to forge my own destiny now.”
In imperial China, a woman's primary social obligation was defined within the domestic sphere as supporting her husband's career and raising filial sons.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to assist one's husband and educate the children
A classical four-character idiom describing the traditional idealized role of a virtuous wife and mother in pre-modern China.
to please or ingratiate oneself with someone
Often carries a nuanced undertone of subservience or catering to another's favor.
