变成了荡妇
“was branded an unclean woman.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
而我
“And I”
变成了荡妇
“was branded an unclean woman.”
她怕不是
“She probably thinks”
“My reputation was thoroughly destroyed and I was reduced to a despised outcast.”
In patriarchal traditional Chinese culture, a woman's moral virtue and sexual chastity were paramount; being branded as promiscuous meant total social ruin and ostracization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
turned into or became
Indicates a profound, often permanent transformation into a new status or identity.
loose woman or wanton female
A heavily derogatory and archaic noun used to shame female sexuality and moral chastity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As long as a woman is once rumored to be a slut, she always will be one.”
“just like Fan Changyu.”
“[Qingyuan Palace] I'd have been labeled a traitor who defiled the harem,”
“The family was making a total scene.”
“What is this junk?”
“You've committed too many evils.”