以后再也不给我 找婆家了
“never to marry me off again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“She's my mother. And she promised”
以后 再也不 给我 找婆家 了
“never to marry me off again.”
“The bride price she returned was 20,000 yuan.”
“My mother isn't trying to sell me off anymore, trust her!”
In traditional rural or small-town contexts, 'finding an in-law family' (找婆家) often involved heavy parental intervention and bride prices (聘礼), which could lead to tension over women's agency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to find a husband's family / arrange a marriage for a daughter
A traditional colloquial term for arranging a marriage or matchmaking for a woman.
never again
Emphatic construction used to express complete cessation of an action.
Indicates a definitive termination or promised change of behavior ('no longer').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She never came back after that.”
“♪ Blooming by the water ♪ She's never returned home since then.”
“From now on, he won't act as a matchmaker for me anymore.”