头一回见面 就抓着姑娘的手不放
“The first time you meet, she grabbed your hand and wouldn't let go,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那柳太太也真是
“That Madame Liu is so unbearable.”
头一回见 面 就抓着姑娘的手不放
“The first time you meet, she grabbed your hand and wouldn't let go,”
“keeping going on about figure, eyes, brows, something like that.”
“Can you believe how shameless and forward he was right from the start?”
Strict traditional Chinese etiquette strongly forbids premature physical contact between unwed individuals, viewing uninvited touching upon first introduction as crude harassment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the very first time
A highly authentic colloquial equivalent to '第一次', highlighting the inaugural nature of an occurrence.
to hold onto ... tightly without letting go
Can describe physical grasping or metaphorically refusing to let an issue drop.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's the first time I've ever seen him.”
“Mr. Zheng, everyone has to have a first time.”
“It's my first time seeing you like this.”
“I have never seen a female general.”
“It's just my first time seeing”
“Is this your first meeting? Are you nervous?”