怪不得忠勇侯府不缺银子
“No wonder the Qin family is never short on money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大公子 庞府管家在城门等候多时了 庞府
“Young Master Yan, the steward from the Pang family has been waiting at the gate for a while. The Pang family?”
怪不得 忠勇侯府 不缺 银子
“No wonder the Qin family is never short on money.”
原来竟与西北第一富贾庞辅良
“So you've got ties with Pang Fuliang,”
“Now it makes sense where all their unexplained funding comes from.”
Imperial nobles often looked down upon merchant status publicly while forming lucrative, covert financial alliances with mega-rich merchant clans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
no wonder; that explains it
Essential conversational connector used upon discovering a hidden reason that clarifies an earlier mystery.
not lacking money / silver
Historical phrasing equivalent to modern spoken Chinese for being wealthy or well-funded.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't worry about the Marquis of Zhongyong. He wouldn't dare harm you.”
“the Marquis of Zhongyong will surely be rewarded.”
“the Qin family will keep you fed.”
“What a shock that the ambitious Marquis of Zhongyong”
“the Qin family will do everything we can”
“These two men from the Qin family are really stirring up trouble.”