真是闻名不如见面哪 在下庞宜文
“your reputation doesn't do you justice. I'm Pang Yiwen.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
周管家 来来来 我带你卸行李 秦小侯
“Steward Zhou, come here. I'll help you unload the luggage. Young Marquis Qin,”
真是 闻名不如见面 哪 在下 庞宜文
“your reputation doesn't do you justice. I'm Pang Yiwen.”
今日忙着打理裕王爷的寿宴 未能到城门相迎
“I've been busy preparing for Prince Yu's birthday banquet, so I didn't welcome you at the gate.”
“You are even more impressive than the rumors say; allow me to humble myself and introduce who I am.”
Traditional Chinese etiquette requires elevating the listener's reputation while lowering oneself using humble pronouns like 'zaixia' (literally 'beneath you').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
meeting in person is even better than hearing the reputation
A classic polite compliment used when meeting someone famous or well-regarded for the first time.
humble I; myself (archaic/literary first-person pronoun)
Found in historical dramas and martial arts fiction as a modest way for men to introduce themselves; in modern speech, it is only used humorously.
A phonetic variant of 啊 (a) that adds warmth, exclamation, and emotional emphasis to the compliment.
