怎会惹得柳莺儿不高兴呢？
“make Liu Ying'er unhappy?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
卢谏议可真是有雅兴 可如此绝妙之词
“You truly have an elegant taste. But how could such exquisite words”
怎会 惹得柳莺儿 不高兴 呢？
“make Liu Ying'er unhappy?”
我说曲韵不对 与词不合
“I said the rhythm of the piece was off, and it didn't match the lyrics.”
“Your poetry was brilliant, so what on earth did you say or do to upset her?”
Educated officials in traditional China engaged with courtesans through high arts; causing displeasure over music and lyric composition was a nuanced social incident requiring tactful probing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cause someone to become unhappy / provoke someone's displeasure
A standard construction to attribute someone's bad mood to an action or situation.
Softens the rhetorical question and invites an explanation with mild perplexity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“how you communicated with Liu Ying'er?”
“At the second ke of Xu hour, Liu Ying'er ran out in a huff. I got up to chase her,”
“How could Ms. Liu's children behave like this?”
“between immortal sects and humans.”
“Was she upset?”
“Liu Xiancheng definitely won't make it.”