你假入赘于我
“You pretended to be my matrilocal husband.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你我有约在先
“We had an agreement.”
你假入赘于我
“You pretended to be my matrilocal husband.”
“But "Yan Zheng" doesn't exist in this world.”
“Remember this is just a transaction, not a real marriage.”
Historically, men who married into the wife's family often bore social stigma; contractual sham marriages are a popular narrative trope in costume dramas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
marry into the wife's family (matrilocal marriage)
A specific cultural and legal concept in traditional Chinese society where the husband takes residence with the wife's lineage.
feigned entering a matrilocal marriage with me
A literary phrasing combining 'jia' (fake) and 'yu' (to/with) for dramatic contract marriage tropes.