几位公子 请节哀
“Young Masters, my condolences.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
二老送来的时候 已经晚了
“When your parents were brought here, it was already too late.”
几位公子 请 节哀
“Young Masters, my condolences.”
请借一步说话 你说什么 我们兄弟的爹娘尸骨未寒
“Could we talk in private? What did you say? Our parents' bodies are barely cold,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A deeply rooted Confucian concept reminding the bereaved to moderate their sorrow so it does not destroy their health, accepting natural transitions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
restrain one's grief (my condolences)
The standard, highly formal idiom used to express condolences to the bereaved in Chinese culture.
young masters / gentlemen
An honorific form of address common in period settings to address young men of respectable families.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I hope the Young Master and Little Young Master”
“Mr. Duan, you jest.”
“No need to apologize, Mr. Duan.”
“The Third Young Master has been missing since yesterday. I couldn't find him either.”
“I want your young master to come and apologize in person,”
“He had things to do at the academy today and couldn't get away,”