那小东西聪明得很
“That little thing is very clever.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘子 奴婢带雪衣娘出去了
“Your Highness, I'm taking Lady in Snow out.”
那 小东西 聪明得很
“That little thing is very clever.”
倒是像个小孩子
“It's quite like a child.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial palace life, pets often served as intimate emotional companions for concubines, treated and spoken of almost like precocious children.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
little thing / little rascal
A colloquial, affectionate term for small pets or young children.
extremely clever
The pattern '[adjective] + 得很' is a vivid spoken intensifier meaning 'very much' or 'exceedingly'.