儿媳还有一个不情之请
“I have a presumptuous request.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
母亲喜欢便好
“I'm glad you like it.”
儿媳 还有 一个 不情之请
“I have a presumptuous request.”
我这林下斋的铺子啊 一直还缺一些人手
“My Linxia Restaurant is still short of hands.”
“I know I might be overstepping, but please do me this favor.”
Traditional Chinese familial hierarchy requires daughters-in-law to frame their requests with extreme modesty so as not to appear presumptuous before in-laws.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an unpresuming request; a bold favor to ask
A classic humble expression used to preface an imposition or big favor to an elder or superior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If they knew their future daughter-in-law was so unreasonable”
“Honey... Wait... It's not... There's nothing between us!”
“His wife felt she couldn't rely on him,”
“Honey, stop sighing all the time.”
“can't live off our daughter-in-law.”
“Isn't it just playing the role of a good daughter-in-law?”