小月姑娘你们在此等候
“Miss Yue, please wait here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
楚楚姑娘说得是
“Miss Chu Chu is right.”
小月姑娘你们在此 等候
“Miss Yue, please wait here.”
容我去看看
“Allow me to take a look.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In ancient and pre-modern China, addressing a maiden as 'Guniang' showed courtesy and acknowledged her respectable social standing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
miss; young lady
A respectful, traditional address for an unmarried young woman, ubiquitous in period cinema.
to wait here
A relatively formal and clear command used when asking others to stay put in a designated spot.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Miss Xiaoyue, what's the filling of this mooncake?”
“Xiaoyue, don't worry. I'm not the kind of soldier who charges to the front.”
“Duean, what are you doing? Follow my order. Screw that!”
“I have Xiaoyue, you know that.”
“Take them. Xiaoyue,”
“Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked Yue to go.”