我当是哪家的长舌妇 在这里鼓弄口舌
“I wondered which gossipmonger was spreading rumors here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
难啊
“That's difficult.”
我当是哪家的 长舌妇 在这 里 鼓弄口舌
“I wondered which gossipmonger was spreading rumors here.”
原来竟是 王尚书家的公子
“Turns out it's Minister Wang's son.”
“You are acting like a pathetic busybody, not the noble gentleman you pretend to be.”
Comparing an elite man to a 'long-tongued woman' was a severe breach of gentlemanly dignity, used to strip away his masculine aristocratic pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gossip monger; busybody (literally 'long-tongued woman')
A derogatory idiom used to belittle someone, often a woman or someone compared to one, who spreads rumors.
to spread gossip; to stir up trouble with words
A formal, literary idiom describing petty provocation or slander through speech.