与那八房的丫头混在一起
“to hang out with that girl from the Eighth Branch.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I told you to study at home, yet you ran to the Li family”
与那八房的丫头 混在一起
“to hang out with that girl from the Eighth Branch.”
“Do you think I haven't been embarrassed enough? Young Master.”
“You are disgracing our family status by wasting your time with a lowly girl.”
In wealthy traditional Chinese households, 'eight-branch' refers to the household of a distant branch or eighth concubine, and calling a girl 'yatou' emphasizes her low social standing, making the young master's association with her a loss of family face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hang out together / to fool around with
Carries a strong negative connotation; use it when disapproving of the company someone keeps.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and hung out with that girl from their eighth branch.”
“associating with these girls in the HSKP Department”
“That attendant in the dormitory snores terribly.”