她以为她家什么门第啊 又把顾家当成什么
“What status does she think her family holds? And what does she take the Gu family for?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But Mrs. Mu is trying to twist it into the eldest Miss Gu.”
她以为她家 什么门第 啊 又把顾 家当 成什么
“What status does she think her family holds? And what does she take the Gu family for?”
简直不知所谓
“It's utterly absurd.”
“Who does she think she is to look down on or meddle with our prestigious family?”
In traditional Chinese society, 'mendi' dictates social hierarchy and marriage suitability, making discrepancies in family status a frequent point of severe judgment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what kind of family background or pedigree
Used rhetorically to belittle someone's lineage or social standing relative to one's own.
what do they take ... for
A common rhetorical pattern used to express outrage when feeling disrespected or trivialized.
Adds an indignant rhetorical force to the rhetorical question.
