便是作商人妇也认了
“I'd be fine being a merchant's wife.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我若能嫁入这样的人家
“If I could marry into such a family,”
便是 作商人妇也 认了
“I'd be fine being a merchant's wife.”
九娘子可是在找世子殿下
“Miss Qin, are you looking for His Highness?”
“This family is so amazing that I wouldn't even care about losing my social standing to marry into it.”
In imperial China, merchants were at the bottom of the social hierarchy despite their wealth, so a noblewoman marrying a merchant was considered a step down in status.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if; granted that (literary/classical)
Used in formal or historical contexts as a conditional conjunction, equivalent to modern '就算' (jiùsuàn).
would accept it; resign oneself to it
Used at the end of a hypothetical statement to show one is willing to bear an unfavorable outcome.
Marks a firm decision or acceptance of a hypothetical state.
