她身怀六甲你说她能
“She is heavily pregnant.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so now you're turning on Madam Yulan instead?”
她身怀六甲你说她能
“She is heavily pregnant.”
“How could she possibly kill a strong, dead-drunk man”
“Are you out of your mind? A pregnant woman could never pull off such a violent act.”
The idiom 'shen huai liu jia' stems from Daoist cosmology relating to the heavenly stems and earthly branches, traditionally symbolizing the creation of human life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
heavily pregnant / with child
A traditional, elegant literary idiom referring to a woman being pregnant, commonly used in historical drama and formal spoken discourse.
Do you really think she can...?
A rhetorical pattern used to challenge the interlocutor's judgment by implying the obvious impossibility of the premise.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you're pregnant.”
“She was even pregnant.”
“Then tell me about her.”
“she can't have children.”
“I'm worried her body won't hold up.”
“Getting pregnant isn't something I can just make happen.”