男未婚女未嫁 何来阻挠一说
“neither of them is wed. How am I in the way?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
段姑娘
“Miss Duan,”
男未婚女未嫁 何来阻挠一说
“neither of them is wed. How am I in the way?”
况且王姑娘 也未必对段公子有意
“Besides, Miss Wang may not favor Mr. Duan.”
“They are both free agents, so why should I or anyone else interfere?”
Invoking the status of being unmarried emphasizes moral and social legitimacy in pursuing romance, deflecting accusations of improper interference or jealousy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
both the man and woman are unmarried and free to date
A standard four-character idiomatic pattern invoked to justify romantic pursuit or counter objections to courtship.
how can one speak of... / where does the idea of... come from?
A rhetorical grammatical construction used to dismiss an assumption or accusation as completely groundless.
