大晚上 你上哪儿买的纸钱和纸元宝
“Where did you buy those late at night?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
半路上买了些纸钱 纸元宝
“On the way, I bought some spirit money and paper ingots.”
大晚上 你 上哪儿买的 纸钱和纸元宝
“Where did you buy those late at night?”
我 我记得是一家 二十四小时营业的殡葬用品店
“I-I remember it was a 24-hour funeral supply shop.”
“Your story makes no sense; tell the truth about what you were really doing.”
Burning joss paper and paper ingots is a traditional mourning practice to send money to deceased ancestors in the afterlife, usually purchased at specialized funeral shops.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the middle of the night / late at night
Used to emphasize the unreasonableness or peculiarity of an action taking place late at night.
joss paper / ghost money
Refers to paper money burned for deceased ancestors or spirits during traditional rites.
paper gold ingots
Traditional Chinese paper funeral objects folded like gold ingots, burned for the dead.
