那好后生谁肯入赘啊
“What decent young man would agree to be a matrilocal husband?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
长玉真是命苦
“Changyu really lives a bitter life.”
那好后生谁肯入赘啊
“What decent young man would agree to be a matrilocal husband?”
不是逼到这个份上了吗
“Extreme conditions call for extreme solutions, right?”
“No self-respecting man would ever degrade himself by becoming an in-marrying son-in-law.”
Historically in patriarchal China, a man marrying into the wife's family (入赘) was often looked down upon, considered a compromise only poor or desperate men made.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fine young man, decent youth
A dialectal or rustic compliment referring to an upright, capable young man.
marry into the wife's family (uxorilocal marriage)
Refers specifically to a man moving into his wife's household and taking on her family name duties.
Adds emotional intensity and finality to the rhetorical question.
