娘糊涂了不成
“is Mother muddle-headed?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Leaving the family property to this girl from the Eighth Branch,”
娘 糊涂了不成
“is Mother muddle-headed?”
“Mother wrote the letter in front of me. How could there be a mistake?”
“This decision makes no sense; she must not be in her right mind.”
Passing significant family assets outside direct senior male heirs was highly unorthodox, provoking strong outrage and accusations of muddled thinking.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that someone has gone senile/confused
A rhetorical construction used to express disbelief at someone's seemingly irrational actions.
Placed at the end of a rhetorical question to express incredulous conjecture.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm so confused.”
“I can't remember clearly. Getting old and muddled.”
“I was muddle-headed. It was all my fault. I...”
“I happen to have”
“I was getting muddled again.”
“Your mother is a big liar,”