你若想娶十三娘
“If you want to marry Lady Shisan,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I've finally found someone to my liking.”
你若想娶十三娘
“If you want to marry Lady Shisan,”
“Prove your commitment by doing my dirty work, or forget about ever getting her.”
Names like '十三娘' (Thirteenth Lady) reflect the traditional Chinese practice of numbering female or male siblings/cousins within a large clan by birth order.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if you wish to; if you want to
A semi-formal hypothetical connector equivalent to '如果想', commonly setting the stage for a conditional demand.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Our Lady Shisan is not to be trifled with.”
“You just hooked up with Lady Shisan,”
“to stay loyal to Lady Shisan my entire life,”
“will still marry Ruo.”
“Marrying you would be dragging you down with me.”
“I've been longing to marry you”