- 我开个玩笑 - 你也想被嵌进宫墙里养花？
“It's just a joke. Do you want to be put in a wall and turned into fertilizer too?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You mean in the palace wall that day?”
- 我 开个玩笑 - 你也想被嵌进宫墙里养花？
“It's just a joke. Do you want to be put in a wall and turned into fertilizer too?”
小的错了 县主饶命 我可以饶你
“That was inappropriate. Spare me, Your Ladyship. I can spare you.”
“Watch your mouth, or I will kill you just like the others.”
In historical China, aristocrats wielded absolute authority over servants, where an inappropriate joke could easily result in execution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just kidding / make a joke
A common conversational phrase used to defuse tension or soften an awkward remark.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I was just joking.”
“Are you kidding me? ♪ That very moment of our first encounter ♪ I never thought”
“What are you talking about? Listen to me.”
“Stop joking. Look at him. He takes it seriously.”
“Are you kidding? This...”
“I was joking. Did you take it seriously?”