张太太 又见面了
“Mrs. Zhang, we meet again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Let's go see the orchids. Let's have a drink.”
张 太 太 又见面了
“Mrs. Zhang, we meet again.”
张云旗不在家 你去洋行找他吧
“Zhang Yunqi is not at home. You should go look for him at the foreign firm.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Addressing a married woman by her husband's surname plus '太太' (Mrs.) denotes polite social distance and respect in traditional or Republican-era Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
we meet again
A standard, polite way to acknowledge encountering an acquaintance again after a previous meeting.
Indicates a newly realized state or occurrence of meeting again.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mrs. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, we are all decent people.”
“Mrs. Zhang! Mrs. Zhang! You are a bum!”
“Madam Zhang, I'm sorry.”
“Madam, raising a child costs a lot of money, doesn't it? You can get paid for blood.”
“Our Madam may be a little tired from the day. She's feeling a bit unwell right now,”
“Dowager Consort, are you alright?”