兹事体大呀
“is a major matter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
参选生辰墨
“to compete for the birthday inkstick commission”
兹事体大 呀
“is a major matter.”
言大人 还得容我们李家上上下下地 权衡一番
“Lord Yan. We'll need to carefully discuss and weigh it within the Li family”
“This is too risky for us to jump into blindly; back off and give our family time to deliberate.”
In Chinese business and bureaucratic etiquette, directly rejecting a patron or official is dangerous; citing clan-wide consensus and monumental stakes serves as a polite buffer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this matter is of grave consequence; the stakes are enormous
A formal idiom used to emphasize that a decision is too critical to be made rashly or individually.
Softens the formal statement into an earnest plea or shared observation, reducing bluntness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This matter is too importance”
“After the huge scene today,”
“Anything can wait”
“That's enough. This matter is of great importance.”