师娘 我先走了
“Mrs. Zheng, I'm leaving now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来 我送你到门口
“Come on, I'll walk you to the door.”
师娘 我先走了
“Mrs. Zheng, I'm leaving now.”
这就走了
“Leaving so soon?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, a mentor is honored like a father ('shifu'), making the mentor's wife ('shiniang') an elder deserving family-level deference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mentor's wife; master's wife
A traditional respectful kinship-style address used for the wife of one's teacher or mentor.
taking off now; heading out first
The standard polite formula when leaving a gathering or host's home.
Marks the change of state indicating the departure is taking place now.