有这个便捷那还上什么大学啊 你让她去她都不去
“Why would she need to go to college if she could have all this? She wouldn't even attend it. Am I right, Fei Ni?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fei Ni, once you get married to me, I'll buy you all the books you want to read.”
有 这个 便捷那 还上什么大学啊 你 让她去 她都 不去
“Why would she need to go to college if she could have all this? She wouldn't even attend it. Am I right, Fei Ni?”
是不是费霓 来 吃菜
“She wouldn't even attend it. Am I right, Fei Ni? Here. Have some vegetables.”
“Marrying into our family solves all her problems, so higher education is pointless for her.”
In traditional mindset, securing a well-off marriage is sometimes seen by older generations as superior to independent female educational attainment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why bother going to college then
A rhetorical pattern '那还...什么...' used to strongly dismiss the need for an action.
even if you made her go, she wouldn't
Emphatic phrasing asserting someone's complete lack of willingness or need.
Adds rhetorical force and emotional emphasis to the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(Attending university is not easy.)”
“Still, why were you chosen, though?”
“with which you can get into any college you want.”
“Why didn't he pay for you to finish college?”
“can go to university without worries.”
“then maybe it's not worth going at all.”