他与一个杀猪女子在一起
“If he is together with a female butcher,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高门贵邸
“from a noble house.”
他与一个杀猪女子 在一起
“If he is together with a female butcher,”
“everyone in the world will laugh at it.”
“Such a lowborn, vulgar woman is completely beneath someone from our noble lineage.”
Traditional Chinese marital norms heavily emphasized matching social statuses; pairing an aristocratic family member with someone of a menial trade like butchery was seen as bringing public disgrace to the entire clan.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a butcher woman
Literally 'pig-slaughtering woman', used here with strong class prejudice to denote low birth and vulgarity.
to be together / in a romantic relationship
Standard modern spoken phrase for being in a romantic relationship, often applied colloquially in period dramas.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That butcher girl again?”
“although you are a butcher girl,”
“that butcher woman will surely make a fool of herself.”
“I'm just a butcher.”
“How did you end up with that female butcher?”
“he wouldn't have married me, a pig butcher.”