他要不贪花好色 怎么会六十岁得个孩子
“How else do you think he got a newborn at sixty?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那裕王也是个老不修 那么大年纪了还贪花好色
“Prince Yu is such a dirty old man, still so lecherous at his advanced age.”
他 要不 贪花好色 怎么会 六十岁得个孩子
“How else do you think he got a newborn at sixty?”
谁知道那孩子是不是他生的
“Who knows if that child's really his?”
“Fathering a child at sixty is all the proof you need that he's a shameless old lecher.”
While having heirs was crucial in imperial China, indulging in concubines at an advanced age (like sixty) was often privately ridiculed as undignified and lacking moral self-cultivation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
lustful and lecherous / obsessed with women
A four-character idiom used to criticize men who overindulge in sensual pleasures and womanizing.
if not for..., how could...
A classic rhetorical pattern used to prove a point by showing that the result could only happen if the premise were true.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just have a baby with him before he goes.”
“She is not someone who cares about money. She just likes managing money, people, and affairs.”
“Don't be greedy.”
“Do you know how old he is? He's almost sixty.”
“Someone greedy and lustful like him is timid.”
“Don't get too mesmerized by my beauty, alright?”