他也不是个读书人哪
“But Yan Zheng is not a scholar.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Scholars always betray those who love them.”
他 也不是 个读书人哪
“But Yan Zheng is not a scholar.”
“He's nothing like that ingrate Song Yan.”
“Don't worry, your warning doesn't apply to him because he is a simple man, not a deceitful intellectual.”
The saying 'since ancient times, heartless men are mostly scholars' reflects a common folk drama trope in China where ambitious literati abandon their loyal lower-class wives after passing imperial examinations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scholar; educated person; intellectual
Historically referred to literati studying for imperial exams; in folk idioms, sometimes linked with fickleness or physical frailty.
is not... either; isn't even
Used to dismiss a premise or disqualify a subject from a previously mentioned category.
Softens the assertion while adding an overtone of mild self-evidence or gentle refutation.
