在外面沾花惹草的
“My husband would never fool around with other women.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我夫君是不会
“My husband would never fool around”
在外面 沾花惹草 的
“My husband would never fool around with other women.”
姐
“Sister, there's no need to waste words with them.”
“My husband would never cheat on me or chase other women.”
Extramarital affairs (zhānhuā-rěcǎo) bring deep dishonor to traditional Chinese families, making defense of a spouse's loyalty vital for household dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to philander; to fool around with women; to chase extramarital flings
A common idiom with strong derogatory connotations used to describe a man engaging in promiscuous or adulterous behavior.
Functions here to nominalize the verb phrase, reinforcing the certainty of the statement within a 'shi...de' construction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You don't think he's possessed by some flower spirit, do you?”
“How can you be so dirty-minded?”
“Why would you press the pot against your clothes”
“to make it look like the dirt came from that.”
“Don't let her bad luck rub off on you!”
“Throwing mud at others...”