她们都不慎看 我为何要慎言 柳兄
“They aren't cautious, so why should I be? Mr. Liu,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“These girls chase you all the way to the exam hall.”
她们都不慎看 我 为何要 慎言 柳兄
“They aren't cautious, so why should I be? Mr. Liu,”
此言差矣
“you've got it wrong.”
“If they have the nerve to gawk at me shamelessly in public, I have every right to call them out.”
Traditional decorum required women to remain unseen and scholars to guard their tongues; the speaker challenges the hypocrisy of demanding male linguistic restraint when female propriety was already broken.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
be prudent in speech / watch one's words
A classical, formal compound often urged upon gentlemen to prevent scandal or offense.
Brother Liu
An honorific address between male peers or scholarly acquaintances in historical or formal settings.