行止有仪 笑不露齿
“I'd behave gracefully and smile with lips closed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘亲一般名副其实的楚都贵女
“in the Capital as my father described my mother.”
行止有仪 笑不露齿
“I'd behave gracefully and smile with lips closed.”
只不过这一切 远比我想象的更难
“However, these things were far harder than I ever imagined.”
“I had to hide all natural emotion and police my every movement to appear respectable.”
In traditional elite Chinese culture, highborn women (贵女) were held to exacting physical and expressive restrictions, such as laughing without showing teeth and walking without swaying skirts, representing self-restraint and virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
conduct oneself with proper etiquette and decorum
A classical four-character expression referring to dignified posture, gait, and refined personal presentation.
to smile without showing teeth
A traditional standard of feminine modesty and demureness in imperial and aristocratic China.
