这大晚上的 你们关着门做什么
“What are you doing with the door closed so late at night?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
母亲 见过大舅母
“Mother. Greetings, First Aunt.”
这 大晚上的 你们 关着门 做什么
“What are you doing with the door closed so late at night?”
我们在说
“We were talking”
“What are you hiding from me behind closed doors?”
In traditional courtyards and large family households, closed doors during non-sleeping hours often invited suspicion of plotting or improper behavior from household elders.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
late at night; in the dead of night
Used colloquially to express that an action is inappropriate, abnormal, or inconvenient given the late hour.
behind closed doors; with the door shut
Frequently carries an implication of secrecy, intimacy, or exclusion depending on the context.
Attached to '大晚上' to intensify the temporal circumstance and convey mild reproach.
