趁舞娘不注意
“While the dancing girls are not paying attention,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就赶着给你送过来了
“I hurried to deliver it to you.”
趁 舞娘 不注意
“While the dancing girls are not paying attention,”
发下去吧
“hand it out.”
“I had to sneak this out behind her back, so be careful with it.”
In Chinese period dramas, subordinates often report how they bypassed surveillance to show loyalty and alertness to their masters.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
while someone is not paying attention; taking advantage of someone's distraction
Insert the person being bypassed in the middle to describe doing something sneakily behind their back.
dancing girl; female dancer
An older or literary term often seen in period dramas or vintage contexts to refer to professional female dancers.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and Miss Feng's temperament,”
“and then he had to deal with the dance hall business”
“If you don't want to get caught, dance now.”
“I'd advise against this type of dance. You know what?”
“they could be in some dancing girls' beds.”
“Is your cover identity a dance hostess?”