那丫头也真是够可怜的 当真
“That poor girl. Is that true?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“now he's using her to trade for his future.”
那丫头 也真是 够可怜的 当真
“That poor girl. Is that true?”
婚期急得很 听说嫁妆都备齐了 就定在大后日出门
“The wedding is being rushed. I heard the dowry is already fully prepared, and she is scheduled to wed in three days.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Traditional patriarchal society often saw young women traded off into marriages purely to secure status or political patronages for male relatives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really quite pathetic/pitiful
A common colloquial phrase used when commenting sympathetically on someone's prolonged misfortunes.
really; truly; is that so?
Use as a terse rhetorical interjection to express disbelief and demand confirmation.
Emphasizes the evaluation of her being pitiful and softens the sentence ending.
