被她叔叔挂在花满楼打杂
“was sent by her uncle to do chores at a brothel.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那满地的妹子
“Mandi's younger sister”
被她叔叔挂在花满楼打杂
“was sent by her uncle to do chores at a brothel.”
还有半年及笄
“She's 6 months away from coming of age.”
“Her uncle practically sold her off to work in a brothel, she's in an awful spot.”
In feudal China, poor or unscrupulous guardians sometimes mortgaged or sent female relatives into entertainment establishments or brothels for money.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to do odd jobs; to do menial chores
A very common colloquial term for doing assorted manual or low-status tasks in an establishment.
to put up at; to place someone into
Colloquially used to indicate placing someone temporarily in a post or location through informal ties.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She would never leave her parents behind.”
“But Aunt Hua caught me and brought me back.”
“I should've told Aunt Hua sooner.”
“would I have had to wrestle with those people in the brothel?”
“which is how I lost my girl.”
“the girl he mentioned is just a servant of mine.”