什么叫你去牢里看她
“"went to see her in the prison"?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
二姨 什么叫
“Aunt He Lan, what do you mean by”
什么叫 你去牢里看她
“"went to see her in the prison"?”
我回去了 二姨 二姨
“I should go back. Aunt He Lan! Aunt He Lan!”
“How on earth could you go visit her in prison? Explain yourself!”
In Chinese family dynamics, imprisonment carries heavy social stigma, making a secret or sudden prison visit a major shock to extended relatives.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what do you mean by; how can you say
Used at the start of a rhetorical or interrogative question to express sharp disbelief at someone's phrasing or actions.
in prison; behind bars
A colloquial way of referring to being incarcerated, equivalent to the more formal '在监狱里'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You went to the prison to see him one last time.”
“They put you in prison,”
“then please watch over her for me”
“You said you saw me outside the cell.”
“You'll go to her funeral? Of course.”
“You will be thrown into prison”