也不至于给人当上门女婿
“he wouldn't be a live-in son-in-law.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If he really had the ability to pass the imperial exam,”
也不 至于 给人当 上门女婿
“he wouldn't be a live-in son-in-law.”
依我看
“If you ask me,”
“He is clearly a useless loser living off a woman.”
In patriarchal traditional Chinese culture, a man marrying into the wife's household (ruzhui) carried significant stigma, implying financial impotence and lack of male authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
would not go so far as to; not to the extent of
Used to denote that a situation should not have deteriorated or reached such an extreme degree.
become a live-in son-in-law (matrilocal marriage)
Carries strong traditional cultural connotations, historically associated with low status and male embarrassment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then I'd be a live-in son-in-law. No way!”
“Then your son-in-law is really something.”
“no matchmaker has ever come to my home.”
“they surely see this engagement not good enough for them anymore.”
“will become my son-in-law soon.”
“If she's still worried, I'll just burn her a son-in-law as an offering in a few days.”