商议要务需要笙歌燕舞
“Does discussing important matters require music and dancers?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怕是不太合适
“It may not be appropriate for you to barge in unannounced.”
商议要务需要 笙歌燕舞
“Does discussing important matters require music and dancers?”
“Is he discussing matters or just trying to avoid me?”
“Quit lying; you are just indulging in pleasures to avoid seeing me.”
High-status figures in Chinese historical narratives often use official duties as a polite pretense to reject guests, prompting counterparts to pierce the pretense when frustrated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
discussing critical affairs
A formal set phrase used in historical or high-stakes contexts to describe deliberating essential matters.
singing and dancing; lavish revelry
An idiom often used ironically or critically to depict ostentatious merrymaking and luxurious distraction.
