我还从未见过如此富丽的绣楼
“I've never seen such a grand embroidery house.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
- 认识啊? - 不认得
“- You knew the victim? - No, I didn't.”
我还 从未见过如此 富丽的绣楼
“I've never seen such a grand embroidery house.”
“Would you mind showing us around?”
“Your room is extraordinarily grand, please let us look around.”
In historical China, the 'xiulou' was the secluded living and embroidery quarters for unmarried women, making entry by outsiders a matter requiring extreme courtesy and permission.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have never seen before
A formal, elevated expression used to emphasize how extraordinary, rare, or impressive something is.
so / such / to this degree
A formal literary pronoun replacing spoken '这么' to elevate the aesthetic quality of an utterance.