我都以为 你不会再娶了呢
“I'd thought you would never marry again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“And you kept that observance all these years.”
我都 以为 你 不会 再娶了呢
“I'd thought you would never marry again.”
是啊 二哥
“Yes, Yanzhang.”
“I'm relieved you are finally moving on from your past sorrow.”
In traditional Chinese culture, maintaining years of celibate fidelity to a deceased spouse is admired as virtuous, but family members often worry and encourage remarriage for the sake of continuing the family lineage and finding companionship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I actually thought / I was under the impression that
Use this structure to introduce a mistaken past belief or an unexpected turn of events.
to marry again / to remarry (specifically for a man)
Used specifically for a widower or divorced man taking a new wife.
Softens the assertion while highlighting the speaker's mild surprise or counter-expectation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If you could do it all over again, would you still marry me?”
“I thought... You thought I was going to back out?”
“I thought you were dead.”
“I thought I'd never see you again.”
“I thought you were dead.”
“I thought you weren't coming back.”