原来是有屋外人哪
“It turns out you have someone outside.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“why you haven't taken a woman into your house yet.”
原来是 有 屋外人 哪
“It turns out you have someone outside.”
不过 那顾姑娘长得
“But Miss Gu looks...”
“Aha, no wonder he refuses concubines—he's got a secret sweetheart outside!”
In imperial China, 'wuliren' referred to concubines or bedmaids legally recognized within the domestic household; having someone 'outside' implied an unconventional or secret courtship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so it turns out to be...
Used when suddenly realizing the true explanation behind a puzzling mystery or behavior.
a lover kept outside the household
A playful antonym coined in contrast to the traditional term '屋里人' (concubine/maid-mistress inside the house).
Adds an expressive tone of sudden enlightenment and playful amusement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What happened outside before?”
“Just outside. Where else could it be?”
“It's their house.”
“someone else was inside.”
“So the big one is here.”
“So the big one is here.”