还是个赘婿啊
“So he's a matrilocal husband?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
快睡觉
“Go to sleep.”
还是个赘婿啊
“So he's a matrilocal husband?”
“He has zero status or prospects as a live-in son-in-law; what a loser.”
In traditional patriarchal Chinese society, a man who marries into his wife's household (赘婿) traditionally suffered severe loss of social and familial face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
matrilocal husband; a husband who marries into his wife's family
A traditional Chinese cultural term carrying strong connotations of dependency and lower status within family hierarchy.
Adds an exclamation of realization laced with mild mockery.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“her matrilocal husband is quite impressive.”
“Forget about this matrilocal husband nonsense.”
“That matrilocal husband of yours is a mere foot soldier.”
“Are you saying that matrilocal husband is ugly,”
“Your husband is capable.”
“Why call him Mr. Yan?”