Translating some movie lines....
你好！！

I need help translating some lines from the movie "Raise The Red Lantern"

"Let me be a concubine."
"Isn't that a woman's fate?"

This movie is old, and though I could clearly see the English subtitles, I could not see the Chinese characters for what the person was saying at the time. This is an odd thing to ask, I know, but it's for a project, heh.

Thank you!!!

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Translating some movie lines....
你好！！

I need help translating some lines from the movie "Raise The Red Lantern"

"Let me be a concubine."
"Isn't that a woman's fate?"

This movie is old, and though I could clearly see the English subtitles, I could not see the Chinese characters for what the person was saying at the time. This is an odd thing to ask, I know, but it's for a project, heh.

Thank you!!!

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"Let me be a concubine."  让我做一个小妾。
"Isn't that a woman's fate?" 这不是一个女人的命运吗？

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《大红灯笼高高挂》in1991 from Zhang Yimou,glad to help you:D

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让我做你的小妾吧（或者妃子，小老婆 depends on the era)
这难道不是一个女人的命运吗

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Oh I see I see :) and yes I did watch it ^^

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Let me be a concubine.（让我做姨太吧）我看过这个电影，如果是皇上（emperor）的话，then concubine can translate into 妾，妃子，but in this movie the old man is just landlord，so it means 姨太 or 小的（in oral way）
"Isn't that a woman's fate?" 这难道就是女人的命吗？
I think you can watch the movie of Chinese version

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