几日不见 竟弱不禁风到如此地步
“it's only been a few days, and you've become so frail”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
秦公子
“Young Master Qin,”
几日不见 竟 弱不禁风 到如此地步
“it's only been a few days, and you've become so frail”
竟学女子们乘车出行
“that you travel by carriage like women do.”
“Look at you acting like a fragile invalid; what an embarrassment for a grown man.”
While scholarly refinement was valued, riding in an enclosed carriage like an cloistered gentlewoman rather than riding a horse was considered effeminate and subject to ridicule among elite young men.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so delicate as to be unable to withstand the wind; extremely frail
An idiom traditionally applied to sickly scholars or fragile beauties, often used sarcastically against men.
haven't seen each other in a few days
A standard greeting opener that sets up an observation about a sudden change in the person's appearance or demeanor.
to such an extent; to this point
Used to dramatize the extreme degree of a negative change.
