要说那穆太太 也是没谱儿
“Honestly, that Mrs. Mu has no sense of direction at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那顾二姑娘 到底是个什么样的人物
“what sort of person this Lan really is.”
要说 那穆太太 也是 没谱儿
“Honestly, that Mrs. Mu has no sense of direction at all.”
紧着顾二姑娘说了半天
“She went on and on about the Lan”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Northern Mandarin conversational gossip frequently employs rhotic diminutive suffixes like '没谱儿' to add vivid, expressive flavor to everyday judgment of character.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
speaking of; to be honest
Used as a topic-introducer to transition into one's subjective judgment or gossip.
unreliable; lacking judgment or boundaries
A highly common Northern colloquialism for criticizing someone whose actions lack predictability or sense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mrs. Mu was at her wits' end”
“But Mrs. Mu is trying to twist it into the eldest Miss Gu.”
“What's wrong with the Mu family?”
“I thought Young Master Mu had already been betrothed.”
“Our Madam may be a little tired from the day. She's feeling a bit unwell right now,”
“I really don't want to marry Mr. Mu. What's wrong?”