难道你们两家不会有芥蒂吗
“Won't your families have resentment?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but he married someone else.”
难道 你们两家 不会 有 芥蒂 吗
“Won't your families have resentment?”
有什么芥蒂呀
“What resentment?”
“There is no way your families are on good terms after a betrayal like that.”
In traditional Chinese society, marriages were often alliances between two clans; breaking an engagement or marrying someone else was a severe affront to family honor, inevitably causing long-standing feuds.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be that... / don't tell me that...
Used to frame a rhetorical question that emphasizes the speaker's disbelief or assumption of the opposite.
to harbor a grudge / to have hard feelings or awkwardness
A slightly literary phrase used in both formal and educated spoken Chinese to describe lingering resentment or barriers in a relationship.
Paired with '难道' to turn a yes/no question marker into a strong rhetorical challenge.
