夫人 为何不揭穿他？
“Madam, why didn't you expose him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“He wouldn't even spare his own wife and child.”
夫人 为何不 揭穿他？
“Madam, why didn't you expose him?”
怎么没有？
“I tried.”
“He did something unforgivable, so why let him off the hook?”
Addressing an aristocratic or official's primary wife as 'Furen' demonstrates high respect and reinforces strict social hierarchy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to expose; to unmask; to see through a trick
Use when unmasking someone's lies, schemes, or true corrupt identity.
why not; for what reason did (you) not
A formal, literary equivalent to '为什么不', very common in period dramas.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you expose him?”
“I want to know why you didn't expose me.”
“(Why did she hide her identity,) (Photos) (not even leaving a photo behind?)”
“why didn't you expose me right then and there?”