既然你说遥娘已经走了
“Since you said Yaoniang has already left,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没事了
“It's okay.”
既然 你说 遥娘 已经 走了
“Since you said Yaoniang has already left,”
那我们也没有必要
“then there's no need for us”
“You claimed she's gone, so there is no reason for us to stay here any longer.”
In Chinese discourse, starting a rebuttal with '既然你说' holds the listener directly accountable to their own preceding claim.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
since; given that
Used at the beginning of a clause to introduce an accepted fact or premise before drawing a logical conclusion.
has already left
A common spoken phrase to confirm that someone has departed.
Marks the completion of the action of leaving and signifies a change of state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but Yaoniang is still not married.”
“This isn't Yaoniang.”
“Yaoniang, why aren't you dancing?”
“but still wants to take Yaoniang as a concubine.”
“My mother passed away a long time ago too.”
“she is no longer around.”