这才按捺不住招了
“he could no longer hold it in and confessed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家里说起准备给他议亲
“when the family brought up arranging his marriage”
这才 按捺不住 招了
“he could no longer hold it in and confessed.”
穆家一听是庶女
“When the Mus heard she's a daughter of a concubine”
“He cracked under the pressure and finally blabbed the truth.”
In traditional China, marriage was a calculated clan alliance where status differences between legitimate and concubine children created immense personal friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to contain oneself; cannot hold back
Used when an emotion, impulse, or secret becomes impossible to suppress.
only then; not until then
Emphasizes that an action took place only after a specific trigger or delay.
Marks the completion of the act of confessing or giving in.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“would surely reveal themselves.”
“Control yourself!”
“She will die if she confesses.”
“to surrender now.”
“Just now, you confessed to all of them.”
“But what if”