说你婚礼前想逃跑？你想死啊？
“That you almost ditched your wedding? You got a death wish or what?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想跟他们说实话
“I wanna tell them the truth.”
说你 婚礼 前想逃跑？你 想死啊 ？
“That you almost ditched your wedding? You got a death wish or what?”
可是我不想要…
“But I don't want--”
“Are you out of your mind? You will ruin everything and disgrace us all if you back out now.”
In Chinese culture, a wedding is a major collective family affair involving significant social face (mianzi); calling it off at the last minute brings immense shame to both families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Are you crazy? / Do you have a death wish?
A highly colloquial, intense rhetorical question used among close peers or family to express shock at someone's reckless behavior.
to tell the truth
A common phrase used when deciding to be completely candid about one's true feelings or situation.
Enhances the exasperated, confrontational force of the rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have to get married right away.”
“Forget a proper wedding.”
“Don't tell me you want me to ditch the wedding.”
“Fei Ni, I know you're rushing into marriage to free up the room for us.”
“♪ Now I'm alone at a high mountain pasture ♪ I'm in a hurry to get to a wedding. ♪ My deep affection day and night is so strong ♪”
“I'd already made up my mind and would never marry.”