这田先生在府上 不是神龙见首不见尾的吗
“Mr. Tian is very elusive in the mansion, isn't he?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟你说个事
“Let me tell you something.”
这田先生在府上 不是 神龙见首不见尾 的吗
“Mr. Tian is very elusive in the mansion, isn't he?”
我看见他在咱们小屋 跟太爷聊天 聊了大半天呢
“I saw him chatting with Master in our cottage. They talked for a long time.”
“You know how hard he usually is to pin down, right? Well, wait until you hear what I saw.”
In hierarchical domestic estates, servants or subordinates frequently bond and exchange discreet information by prefacing surprises with shared observations about eccentric superiors or guests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the residence / your honorable home
A respectful, traditional term used to refer to an employer's estate or someone else's household.
mysterious and elusive (lit. a divine dragon whose head is seen but not its tail)
A vivid idiom used to describe a person who appears unpredictably and whose whereabouts are hard to track.
Forms a rhetorical negative question (不是...吗) to solicit agreement on an obvious or presumed fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know why. I always feel that Mr. Tian”
“This Mr. Tian is really studious.”
“I saw that Mr. Tian was really upset,”
“Mr. Tian is very smart and educated.”
“Actually, Mr. Tian is someone who does a lot”
“Don't delay Mr. Tian's meal.”