竟然有个视金钱如粪土的弟弟
“actually has a younger brother who cared little about money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What a shock that the ambitious Marquis of Zhongyong”
竟然 有个 视金钱如粪土 的弟弟
“actually has a younger brother who cared little about money.”
忠勇侯府名义上虽未分家
“The Qin brothers have always lived together.”
“How absurd and inconvenient that someone in such an ambitious family pretends to care nothing for wealth.”
Classical Chinese values praise the virtuous scholar who disdains money, but political realists often view such idealism with suspicion or amusement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to view money as mere dirt; to treat wealth with utter contempt
A set idiom describing someone who is exceptionally aloof from material wealth or worldly gain.
unexpectedly has; to actually possess
Used to introduce an outcome or fact that goes against general expectation.