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外婆的婚姻:换了个村种田 (2025年12月14日)
yīnwèi
因为
because
wàipó
外婆
Grandma
and
her
bàba
爸爸
father
bù dǒng
不懂
not understand
Yúyáo huà
余姚话
Yuyao dialect
-
,
wàigōng
外公
Grandpa
yìjiā
一家
family
also
bù dǒng
不懂
not understand
Sūběi huà
苏北话
Northern Jiangsu dialect
-
,
liǎng jiā rén
两家人
two families
zhǐ néng
只能
could only
kào
rely on
méirén
媒人
matchmaker
fānyì
翻译
translate
-
.
Because Grandma and her father did not understand Yuyao dialect, and Grandpa's family also did not understand Northern Jiangsu dialect, the two families could only rely on a matchmaker to translate.
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