能见阿爷的面屈指可数
“In my two months back at the Ye mansion from Lishan Mountain, I barely saw you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我从离山回叶家两个月
“In my two months back at the Ye mansion from Lishan Mountain, I barely saw you.”
能见阿爷的面 屈指可数
“In my two months back at the Ye mansion from Lishan Mountain, I barely saw you.”
现在出嫁了
“Now that I'm married, you've actually remembered me.”
“My own father barely spent any time with me before sending me away.”
In traditional elite households, emotional alienation between patriarchal heads and daughters was common, especially prior to arranged marriages.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can be counted on one's fingers; very few
A versatile four-character idiom used to emphasize that an occurrence or quantity is extremely scarce.
to see or meet someone in person
A common spoken structure separating the verb and noun object to emphasize personal contact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now that I'm married, you've actually remembered me.”
“His father died young.”
“only pains me even more.”
“You are Father's favorite.”
“It's my fault for not teaching you well.”
“Ms. Qin, where is my father? What exactly happened?”