您可千万别惹纪老太太
“please don't cross Mrs. Ji.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘
“Mother,”
您可 千万别惹 纪老太太
“please don't cross Mrs. Ji.”
“She's even tougher than the mistress.”
“Do not test her patience or you will bring disaster upon yourself.”
In multi-generational Chinese families, the grandmother holds supreme domestic authority, often making her more formidable than the mother herself.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
under no circumstances should you; whatever you do, do not
Used to emphasize a strong negative admonition or critical warning.
to provoke; to offend; to mess with
Commonly used in spoken Chinese when advising someone not to disturb or irritate a dangerous or powerful person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Old Madam Ji also just found out about it, didn't she?”
“That Mrs. Ji is finally gone. Yesterday,”
“His father demanded a proper account”
“Why put the old lady through all that trouble?”
“or selling me off—I will accept it.”
“Please make sure I won't”