我看气不气死她
“just to annoy her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今日 我也找个由头 赏了东西给那九娘
“Today, I'll find an excuse to send something to Miss Qin too,”
我看 气不气死 她
“just to annoy her.”
母妃动这些心思做什么
“Mother, why are you even doing all this?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional imperial palace settings, consorts frequently used subtle social slights and gift-giving to undermine each other's status and provoke emotional distress.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let me see / in my view
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to introduce a prediction, test, or personal judgment.
infuriate / anger to death
A vivid exaggeration used to describe making someone intensely angry.