我年纪大了 记不清了
“I'm getting old. I can't remember clearly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
县主大可以去查查
“Feel free to check, Your Ladyship.”
我 年纪大了 记不清了
“I'm getting old. I can't remember clearly.”
县主 淑妃娘子到
“Your Ladyship, Consort Shu has arrived.”
“Do not press me any further; I am deliberately choosing not to answer.”
In traditional Chinese social interactions, invoking one's elderly age or physical decline is a socially acceptable tactic to decline scrutiny without causing direct confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
getting on in years; advanced in age
A common conversational phrase used either literally or as a self-deprecating excuse for lapses in memory or physical stamina.
cannot recall clearly
A polite, indirect way to brush off a question without outright refusing to answer.
Marks a change of state, highlighting the speaker's current elderly status and subsequent inability to recall.
