那怎么行
“they said absolutely not.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
穆家一听是庶女
“When the Mus heard she's a daughter of a concubine”
那怎么行
“they said absolutely not.”
什么意思 庶女
“What do you mean? A concubine's daughter?”
“That is absolutely intolerable and ruins the plan.”
In imperial Chinese society, daughters born to concubines (shu nü) had significantly lower social standing than legitimate daughters born to the principal wife (di nü), causing severe prejudice in aristocratic matchmakings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
How can that be? / That will never do!
A highly frequent rhetorical phrase used to express strong disagreement or refusal of a proposal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I couldn't possibly.”
“How could I do that?”
“How can we do that? Indeed.”
“How could you do this?”