这好不容易招赘了一个夫婿
“She finally found a husband to marry into the family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
上个月爹娘刚走
“Her parents just passed away last month.”
这 好不容易 招赘了一个夫婿
“She finally found a husband to marry into the family.”
可现如今
“But now,”
“We went through so much misery to find someone to carry on the family, but troubles keep coming.”
In traditional patriarchal China, taking in a son-in-law occurred when a family had no sons to perpetuate the ancestral line and support the household.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty / after immense effort
Used before a verb to emphasize that achieving the outcome required enduring significant hardship.
to take in a matrilocal husband
A traditional Chinese marriage practice where the groom moves into the bride's household to carry on her family line.
Marks the completion of an action that was difficult to accomplish.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is to find a matrilocal husband.”
“I finally found a good man to marry,”
“I had to take a matrilocal husband”
“actually got herself a husband who knows how to make money.”
“it naturally should be passed on to this matrilocal husband.”
“her matrilocal husband is quite impressive.”