你就要毁了人家姑娘的一辈子吗
“are you going to ruin a girl's whole life?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你为了自己的一己私欲
“For your own selfish desires,”
你 就要 毁了 人家 姑娘的 一辈子 吗
“are you going to ruin a girl's whole life?”
李姑娘 我怎么没有明白一事呢
“Miss Li, there's one thing I don't understand.”
“You are acting completely abhorrently and selfishly, and you must stop immediately.”
In historical Chinese contexts, a woman's virtue and marriage defined her entire life trajectory, making any disruption an irreversible catastrophe.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ruin an entire life
A potent idiom-like spoken chunk used when an action has irreversible negative consequences on someone's future.
that young lady / an innocent girl
Uses '人家' to emphasize sympathy toward an external third party who deserves protection.
Transforms the statement into a sharp rhetorical question designed to shame the listener.
