选择拿自己去交换彩礼
“She traded herself for that money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我相信李娟你也是 可是她呢
“I believe you would have too. But her?”
选择 拿自己去交换 彩礼
“She traded herself for that money.”
没出息
“So pathetic.”
“She sold herself out and threw away her self-respect.”
In contemporary Chinese society, exorbitant bride prices are fiercely debated as either traditional security or the commodification of marriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bride price; betrothal gift
A key cultural term referring to the traditional payment or goods given by the groom's family to the bride's family.
to trade oneself; to sacrifice oneself as a bargaining chip
Used figuratively to describe giving up one's dignity, future, or body in exchange for material gain.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The wedding money given to her was returned.”
“Then why did you accept his gifts, marry him, and have a son?”
“She'd rather use the bride price to buy her freedom than give in.”
“and there's no need for us to buy a house as her dowry.”
“You want to earn your own dowry?”
“except for visiting my parents,”