老太太一怒之下 就不许他请了
“Madam, in rage, forbade him from hosting anyone.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But after Yuzhu was beaten to death,”
老 太 太 一怒之下 就 不许 他请 了
“Madam, in rage, forbade him from hosting anyone.”
玉柱被打死了
“Yuzhu was beaten to death?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional elite Chinese households, the senior matriarch held absolute veto power over family members and domestic staff.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a fit of rage / in anger
A very common four-character idiom describing an impulsive action triggered by intense fury.
not allow / forbid
Used by an authority figure to explicitly ban or prohibit an action.
Marks a change of state, indicating the prohibition was enacted.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Old Madam, Second Madam, please calm down.”
“the Old Madam is in grave danger.”
“Old Madam, Second Madam, [Embrace Simplicity and Maintain Innocence] trouble! Trouble!”
“Old Madam and my mentor are also pushing me hard.”
“That old woman sent you here today, didn't she?”
“Why put the old lady through all that trouble?”