What Does "门高户大" (mén gāo hù dà) Mean?

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门高户大

mén gāo hù dà

They're highly prominent.

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TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E25

Clip Timestamp

31:30

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	陈家是世代簪缨	chén jiā shì shì dài zān yīng	The Chen family has produced officials for generations.
2▶	门高户大	mén gāo hù dà	They're highly prominent.
3	我是怕你日后被别人欺负了	wǒ shì pà nǐ rì hòu bèi bié rén qī fù le	I was afraid that after you married, you might be bullied.

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这要是贸然退了亲

zhè yào shì mào rán tuì le qīnIf we hastily break off the engagement,

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岂不是棒打鸳鸯了

qǐ bù shì bàng dǎ yuān yāng lewouldn't that be like tearing apart a pair of lovebirds?

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可不是什么鸳鸯野鸭子

kě bú shì shén me yuān yāng yě yā zinot some wild bird.

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是是是是我说错话了

shì shì shì shì wǒ shuō cuò huà leYes, yes. I misspoke.

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既然话都说到这个份上了

jì rán huà dōu shuō dào zhè ge fèn shàng leSince things have been said so plainly,

文秀和怜姐儿的婚事拖了太长时间

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文秀和怜姐儿的婚事拖了太长时间

wén xiù hé lián jiě ér de hūn shì tuō le tài zhǎng shí jiānWenxiu and Lian's wedding has been dragging on for far too long.

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贵府要真有诚意

guì fǔ yào zhēn yǒu chéng yìIf your family is truly sincere,

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那就把诚意拿出来吧

nà jiù bǎ chéng yì ná chū lái bathen show us.

多谢亲家老太太我这就回去准备准备

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多谢亲家老太太我这就回去准备准备

duō xiè qìng jia lǎo tài tài wǒ zhè jiù huí qù zhǔn bèi zhǔn bèiThank you, Old Madam Gu, my future in-law. I'll go back and prepare right away.

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姑娘一场秋雨一场凉

gū niáng yī cháng qiū yǔ yī cháng liángMy Lady, with each autumn rain, a deeper chill settles in.

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我明知道他是要来提亲的

wǒ míng zhī dào tā shì yào lái tí qīn deI knew all along that he intended to propose marriage.

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我真的要嫁人了

wǒ zhēn de yào jià rén lereally getting married?

你二伯父知道这个消息高兴坏了这会儿

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你二伯父知道这个消息高兴坏了这会儿

nǐ èr bó fù zhī dào zhè ge xiāo xī gāo xìng huài le zhè huì erWhen your second uncle heard the news, he was overjoyed. Right now,

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二伯母给你赔罪了这怎么敢

èr bó mǔ gěi nǐ péi zuì le zhè zěn me gǎnI apologize to you here. I cannot accept such an apology.

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自小被我给惯坏了她口无遮拦

zì xiǎo bèi wǒ gěi guàn huài le tā kǒu wú zhē lánhas been spoiled by me since childhood. She speaks without thinking,

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其实心里也后悔着呢

qí shí xīn lǐ yě hòu huǐ zhe nebut deep down she regrets it.

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倒是澜姐儿三番四次地被你欺负

dǎo shì lán jiě ér sān fān sì cì dì bèi nǐ qī fùBut Lan has been bullied by you time and time again.

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你该赔礼的人是她才对你

nǐ gāi péi lǐ de rén shì tā cái duì nǐShe is the one you should be apologizing to. You...

是是是怜姐儿知道错了我们就说着

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是是是怜姐儿知道错了我们就说着

shì shì shì lián jiě ér zhī dào cuò le wǒ men jiù shuō zheYes, yes. Lian knows she was wrong. We were just talking about

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这二太太的弯儿转得可真快

zhè èr tài tài de wān ér zhuǎn dé kě zhēn kuàiSecond Madam certainly changed her tune fast.