她还有活路吗
“what kind of future would she have?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要是让朝姐儿嫁过去
“If Jinzhao were to marry into that house,”
她 还有 活路 吗
“what kind of future would she have?”
赵妈妈
“Nanny Zhao!”
“Marrying her into that family is practically a death sentence; we cannot allow it.”
In historical China, marriage determined a woman's lifelong wellbeing; entering an abusive, degraded, or doomed household could literally ruin her life with no legal recourse for divorce.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
way out; means of survival
Commonly used in negative or interrogative sentences to describe an existential crisis or hopeless dilemma.
is there still any... left?
Rhetorical question structure expressing strong disbelief or highlighting an absolute lack of alternatives.
Forms a rhetorical question that functions as a strong negative assertion meaning 'she will have no way to survive'.
