这三更半夜地烧纸
“Weren't you afraid of being discovered burning spirit money in the night?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Too bad he didn't rest in a coffin.”
这 三更半夜 地 烧纸
“Weren't you afraid of being discovered burning spirit money in the night?”
“Weren't you afraid of being discovered burning spirit money in the night?”
“Doing this weird ritual in the middle of the night makes no sense unless they're hiding something dangerous.”
Burning paper offerings is usually done during designated festivals (like Qingming or Ghost Festival); doing it secretly at odd hours often implies taboo, guilt, or superstitious appeasement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the dead of night; late at night
A four-character idiom used colloquially to emphasize that an activity is happening at an ungodly or improper hour.
to burn joss paper / spirit money
Refers to the traditional practice of burning paper offerings for ancestors or the deceased.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's the dead of night!”
“In the dead of night, with a spirit lying in your bed,”
“The curfew starts at 11 p.m., and is lifted at 3 a.m..”
“Where did you buy those late at night?”