我扮成收泔水的丑陋婆子
“I disguised myself as an ugly scavenger woman”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
元容
“Yuanrong?”
我 扮成 收泔水的丑陋婆子
“I disguised myself as an ugly scavenger woman”
“Look at how far I went and how much I humbled myself just to get this done.”
In traditional Chinese tales, characters of high status often disguise themselves as night-soil or swill collectors because such lowly workers are ignored by guards and can move freely in restricted areas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to disguise oneself as; to dress up as
Used in everyday speech and storytelling when someone takes on the appearance or role of another person.
swill; hogwash; food waste water
Refers to liquid kitchen waste traditionally collected to feed pigs; invokes imagery of dirty, lowly labor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will put on.”
“It came from your shop. If not you, who?”
“was branded an unclean woman.”
“You went through the bathroom trash too? Is it wrong to take out the trash?”
“Later, I'm going to take the trash out.”
“with no show, just dirt all over you.”