当众对官差指手画脚
“By openly interfering with the work of us officers,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“don't you know what it means to be revere and obedient?”
当众 对官差 指手画脚
“By openly interfering with the work of us officers,”
“your family will be criticized for not educating you well, won't it?”
“Know your place; a respectable woman should not dare bark orders at imperial officers in broad daylight.”
In traditional Chinese society, women were expected to remain reserved; acting assertively toward official authorities was attacked as a failure of family upbringing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to point fingers; to boss people around meddlesomely
A vivid negative idiom describing someone criticizing or giving orders without proper authority or tact.
in public; in front of a crowd
Placed before verbs to emphasize that an inappropriate action occurred in full view of the public.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let the officials decide what to do.”
“Making a scene in public”
“He hates traitors the most.”
“their boldness in public”
“Who sent you here to cause trouble?”
“I accuse the officials standing on this platform!”