倒也不是为江氏守节
“It is not that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也忒过了啊
“is too much!”
倒也不是 为江氏 守节
“It is not that.”
实在是忙不到这件事上 可是连玄青
“I've simply been consumed by duties. Yet even Xuanqing”
“Do not romanticize my bachelorhood; I am simply too occupied to remarry.”
In Imperial China, remaining faithful to a deceased spouse was considered a supreme moral virtue, though often a burden for surviving spouses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to remain faithful to a deceased spouse; maintain chastity
A traditional term referring to the Confucian ideal of remaining unmarried after a partner's demise.
it is not really that; it is not quite as if
Used to gently soften a correction or dispute a misconception without sounding hostile.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“mourning your late wife?”
“I didn't want a woman to remain a widow for me.”
“but Jiang Daohai would never dare commit treason.”
“Could Jiang Daohai be having second thoughts at the last moment?”
“Jiang Daohai dared not search openly,”
“...not to take excessive action against the Ye family.”