但周庄主却另娶她人
“but he married someone else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
周庄主与你姑姑订过亲
“Lord Zhou and your aunt were once engaged,”
但 周庄主却 另娶她人
“but he married someone else.”
“Won't your families have resentment?”
“He betrayed your family's marriage pact, so there is no way you are actually on good terms.”
In traditional China, a formal engagement was a binding contract between two families; breaking it by marrying someone else was a severe insult to the other family's honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
but... yet... / however...
A core grammatical pairing used in both spoken and written Chinese to strongly emphasize a contrast or unexpected turn of events.
to marry another woman instead
A formal phrase used when a man marries someone other than his original fiancée or romantic partner.