可周妈妈跟你 说这个干什么
“But why did Nanny Zhou tell you about this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怀孕七个月的时候 误食了催产药 一尸两命
“At seven months pregnant, she ingested oxytocin by mistake. One corpse, two lives.”
可周妈妈跟你 说 这个 干什么
“But why did Nanny Zhou tell you about this?”
当年服侍云姨娘的玉屏 告诉她
“Yuping, who served Yunxiang. back then, told her”
“Be careful; this woman is trying to use you by stirring up a dark past.”
In complex traditional Chinese households, sharing dark secrets rarely stems from goodwill; it is often calculated to manipulate family factions against one another.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why talk about this / what is the point of bringing this up
A rhetorical and skeptical spoken phrase used to challenge the motive behind someone bringing up a sensitive topic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You and Nanny Zhou are as close as mother and daughter.”
“What has Nanny Zhou done this time?”
“Nanny, you're making trouble for no reason.”
“Nanny Zhou is nothing but a lowly servant.”
“Why would the Master take Nanny Zhou? I don't know.”
“Beating Nanny Zhou is his way of shutting me up.”