谁愿意娶一个 母亲和离的姑娘 做儿媳呢
“Who would be willing to marry a girl whose mother left her husband? Take such a girl as a daughter-in-law?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“were truly to divorce your father what would become of the two of you?”
谁愿意 娶一个 母亲 和离 的姑娘 做儿媳呢
“Who would be willing to marry a girl whose mother left her husband? Take such a girl as a daughter-in-law?”
谁又愿意 把自己好好的一个姑娘
“And who would be willing to marry their fine, respectable daughter”
“If you get divorced, nobody decent will ever marry our daughter.”
In imperial China, a mother's divorce severely tainted her children's reputation, making finding a respectable match in arranged marriages nearly impossible.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
divorce by mutual consent in historical contexts
Specifically refers to traditional Chinese legal and social dissolution of marriage on agreed terms.
to become a daughter-in-law
Standard collocation denoting marriage into a husband's patriarchal family.
Softens the rhetorical question while adding a lingering, contemplative tone of worry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You want me to divorce your mother?”
“Mother. I'm sorry.”
“When your mom divorced and abandoned you,”
“Who would want to marry me as a legitimate wife?”
“along with the parents who forced her to marry.”
“I don't want to marry him. You have to marry him whether you want to or not.”