她就把婚退了
“she called off her engagement.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不久之后
“Not long afterward,”
她就 把婚退了
“she called off her engagement.”
唐玉啊
“And Tang Yu”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional and modern Chinese culture, calling off an engagement is a major social rupture involving family reputation and face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break off an engagement / call off a wedding
A formal and dramatic action in Chinese society, usually split into '把婚退了' via the disposal ba-construction.
Indicates the completion of an action and highlights the decisive result.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I went through so much trouble to call off the engagement.”
“was lucky to break off the engagement.”
“you had broken off the previous engagement.”
“But I was the one who called off the wedding. It's not worth regretting.”
“Nobody wants you, little miss. Even your fiancé ditched you.”
“because I was poor.”