还能寻到什么好人家
“what kind of good family would want me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“people will only look down on me even more. And when it's time to find a match,”
还能 寻到什么好人家
“what kind of good family would want me?”
按说我的外家也并不差 正四品的太常寺卿
“But honestly, my mother's family isn't bad at all. A fourth-rank official in the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.”
“Our family status is in ruins, and no respectable match will take me now.”
In traditional aristocratic Chinese society, marriage was a strategic alliance between clans, where a loss of social face could irreversibly damage a child's marital prospects.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can one possibly...
A common rhetorical framing used to express that an expected positive outcome is virtually impossible.
a respectable family (in the context of marriage)
Traditionally refers to an affluent, noble, or morally upright household suitable for marriage.
