这两天叫她来给我请安
“Have her come to pay her respects to me within the next few days.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这两天叫她来 给我 请安
“Have her come to pay her respects to me within the next few days.”
是
“Yes.”
“Make sure she comes to bow before me so I can see where her loyalty truly lies.”
In traditional Chinese and imperial etiquette, 'qing'an' was not merely polite greeting, but an essential ritualized reinforcement of hierarchical deference and submission.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the next few days / recently
Extremely common colloquial timeframe meaning either the past few days or the upcoming couple of days depending on context.
to pay formal morning/daily respects
A historical ritual where junior family members or lower-ranked concubines pay respects to elders or superiors.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why haven't you come lately?”
“Something came up, so she's not coming.”
“She drops by sometimes.”
“I have reminded her many times before,”
“No matter how late it was, I would always go back.”
“I've been calling her the whole time, but she won't answer.”