大哥心中另有其人
“my brother had someone else in his heart,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大嫂说
“My sister-in-law said”
大哥 心中 另有其人
“my brother had someone else in his heart,”
却没人相信她
“but no one believed her.”
“His heart is not with his wife; he has always been in love with someone else.”
Traditional marriages were often arranged without affection, leading to domestic tragedies where a spouse harbored unspoken romantic longing for another person.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is someone else; there is another person
A formal and literary idiom used when pointing out that the true subject, culprit, or lover is an entirely different person.
in one's heart / mind
Commonly used in spoken and written Chinese to introduce deep-seated personal feelings or attachments.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I was worried,”
“Sir, you have a lady on your mind.”
“By the time they have both the desire and the guts,”
“what you've always held onto in your heart is still the main family.”
“Why did it have to be Chuan?”
“I know what I'm doing.”