等您出嫁的那日 再交给您
“and give it to you on your wedding day.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太太留信 让我将嫁衣先收起来
“Madam left the letter telling me to put the wedding dress away first”
等您 出嫁的那日 再 交给您
“and give it to you on your wedding day.”
可我方才听到您和青蒲 说的那些话
“But after hearing what you just said to Qingpu,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese culture, a mother prepares the bridal gown and trousseau as an intimate, protective blessing to be formally unveiled only on the wedding day.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait until... then...
A fundamental sentence pattern indicating that a subsequent action will only occur after a specific condition or time is met.
to get married (specifically of a woman leaving her birth family)
Used traditionally and in formal/period contexts specifically for a woman entering marital life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll be getting married in a few days. I won't be able to eat your cooking anymore, Mother.”
“to get you married soon.”
“After I get married, I'll come see you often”
“You are about to get married,”
“you've already passed the age for marriage.”
“The bridal procession hasn't arrived yet. Let me keep you company a while longer.”