也不是非要去李家不可
“you don't have to go to the Li family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就算您要祭祖
“Even if you want to worship the ancestors,”
也不是 非要去 李家 不可
“you don't have to go to the Li family.”
有哪条规矩上写了 我们不能自建祠堂的 祯娘
“There is no rule saying we can't build our own ancestral hall. Zhen.”
“We do not have to swallow our pride and crawl back to them; there are other ways.”
In traditional clan structures, worshipping at the main lineage ancestral hall was vital for legitimacy, making any departure from it a major confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must insist on ... / have no choice but to ...
A grammatical pattern expressing strong necessity or stubborn insistence; negated here by '也不是' to soften rigidity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“with the Li family,”
“As long as you break off with the Li family...”
“and I must give the Li family an explanation.”
“After all, this is an obstacle that the Li family must tackle on their own.”
“to you and the Li family.”
“You shouldn't still refer to them as the Li family, but as your in-laws.”