听说男女同席 百无禁忌 王掌柜 恭喜 恭喜啊
“Men and women together, all bets are off. Greetings! Congratulations!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Word is, the capital's finest are in town.”
听说 男女同席 百无禁忌 王掌柜 恭喜 恭喜啊
“Men and women together, all bets are off. Greetings! Congratulations!”
李掌柜 请 纪家本是女子掌事 恭喜
“Gentlemen, please! Women have run the Ji family for ages. Congratulations!”
“This feast defies all decorum by mixing men and women, but I will smile and congratulate you anyway.”
Classical Chinese propriety strictly dictated separate dining spaces for men and women, making shared banquet seating a radical break from convention.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
men and women seated together at the same table
Historically considered taboo; used to describe a deliberate breaking of gender separation etiquette.
all taboos waived / anything goes
An idiom indicating that standard social restrictions, omens, or conventions are completely disregarded.
Softens the repeated congratulatory remark and conveys cordial, warm enthusiasm.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't tell me the bookshop owner gave it to you again.”
“That Master Wang just now...”
“The game room will be under renovation then, so they'll be free.”
“I almost thought the bookshop owner had lost his mind.”
“Our manager doesn't mean to slight you.”
“The Manager, Baozi, and I, we ran outside.”