这可不能怪我们宋家退婚啊
“You can't blame us for calling off the engagement.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
聘书自然还你
“and I'll return the letter.”
这 可不能 怪我 们宋家 退婚 啊
“You can't blame us for calling off the engagement.”
“That fortune teller said your fate is cursed!”
“Don't you dare accuse us of being disloyal; you are the one with bad fortune.”
In traditional China, calling off an engagement was a serious breach of social trust that damaged family reputation, so parties frequently cited fate or horoscopes (bazi) to deflect moral blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot blame
A common structure to absolve oneself or someone else of guilt or fault.
to break off an engagement
Specifically refers to dissolving a formal, usually arranged, marital alliance in traditional contexts.
Softens the defensive stance slightly while seeking implicit agreement or sympathy.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“did Song Yuzhi truly cancel the betrothal?”
“What does it have to do with us the Song family?”
“If the Song family really borrowed money from you,”
“No wonder the Song family is in decline.”
“basically provided for the Song mother and son.”
“Clear the debts you Song family owes the Fan family,”