老爷不是吩咐 让姨奶奶别出院子吗
“My Lady, the Master's orders were for you to stay in your quarters.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是帮着姨奶奶 和老爷和好
“It's to help her win back the favor.”
老爷 不是 吩咐 让姨奶奶 别出院子 吗
“My Lady, the Master's orders were for you to stay in your quarters.”
怎么突然就来了
“What brings you here?”
“You are breaking the master's orders by being out here.”
In traditional polygamous households, masters frequently confined junior wives or concubines to their private quarters as discipline.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't [someone] instruct / wasn't it ordered
A rhetorical negative construction used to remind someone of an existing order or instruction.
leave the courtyard
Refers literally to leaving one's designated living quarters within a traditional mansion.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical confirmation question to highlight an obvious rule.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“how do we explain it to the Master?”
“As for my dad, don't even get me started.”
“Master, what's wrong with it? Wasn't this all agreed upon?”
“Master only ordered to send you as far away as possible.”
“Master, Ma'am, this is all my doing. She was completely”
“My Lady! Please, don't.”