更不用说纪家献美了
“much less anything like the Ji family offering her up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
并未单独 和顾姑娘见过面
“He never once met her alone,”
更不用说 纪家献美了
“much less anything like the Ji family offering her up.”
“You truly are someone your Third Uncle brought home himself.”
“I barely even met her, let alone accepted any woman sent by them.”
In historical China, offering beautiful women to prominent families was a common tactic to forge political alliances or exert influence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let alone; not to mention
Used to introduce an even more obvious or extreme case to reinforce an ongoing argument.
Conveys completion of the thought and adds an emphatic closure to the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So was it really the Ji family offering her to Yanyun or not?”
“I will let Ji have no choice.”
“Anyway, the Ji family hasn't settled accounts with me for a long time.”
“No need to give it to me. This is the Ji family's money.”
“It's definitely all because of the Ji family.”
“The Ji family are outsiders after all,”