不过是个县令的女儿
“You're just a magistrate's daughter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“acting like a highborn lady?”
不过是 个县令的女儿
“You're just a magistrate's daughter.”
还以为我们家砚哥儿
“Do you really think our Yan”
“You are nobody special, so stop acting like royalty.”
In traditional Chinese society, family background and official rank strictly determined one's status, making lower-tier bureaucratic origins an easy target for disdain.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
merely; nothing more than
Used to downplay or dismiss the importance, rank, or scale of someone or something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She is the daughter of this Ye Degong.”
“the county magistrate.”
“and is on close terms with the county magistrate. You can't afford to offend them as well.”
“Why is she the mayor's daughter now?”
“My men have already freed the magistrate.”
“are not people a lowly magistrate like me can afford to offend.”