不过据说前几日已经完婚
“But word has it that they finally consummated the marriage a few days ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也一直与夫人分开居住
“they continued to sleep in separate rooms.”
不过 据说 前几日已经完婚
“But word has it that they finally consummated the marriage a few days ago.”
所以呢 所以 这男女之事 阿武不懂
“So? So... I don't really understand these matters between men and women. Ling'an is full of beautiful women anyway.”
“They might have been estranged before, but officially they are man and wife now.”
Subordinates reporting on the personal or domestic affairs of nobility or superiors often preface statements with indirect markers like '据' (according to) to avoid bearing personal responsibility for the facts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
however, it is allegedly said that...
A useful hedge when sharing unverified information or rumor while qualifying a previous point.
to get married; to complete wedding nuptials
A formal, literary term for concluding a marriage, commonly used in historical or serious registers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He hasn't been seen for months. Now he's getting married,”
“Why don't you know if he's been married?”
“were you ever married?”