您连看一眼发妻都不愿吗
“you can't even spare a glance for your wife?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可如今她卧病在床
“But now that she lies sick in bed,”
您连 看一眼 发妻都 不愿 吗
“you can't even spare a glance for your wife?”
相爷
“Prime Minister.”
“How can you be so utterly cold and callous to the woman who stood by you from the beginning while she lies dying?”
In imperial China, the 'faqi' or original wife tied her hair together with the husband in youth; abandoning or neglecting her was considered a severe moral failing even for high ministers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
first wife; wife of one's youth
Refers to the legal, original wife married when a man was young, carrying deep moral and traditional obligations.
take a single glance at; visit briefly
Used with '连...都' to emphasize the utter minimum gesture of care or attention.
Converts the statement into a confrontational rhetorical question challenging the listener's ethics.
