真拿自己当什么大小姐
“acting like a highborn lady?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么玩意
“Who do you think you are,”
真拿 自己 当 什么 大小姐
“acting like a highborn lady?”
“You're just a magistrate's daughter.”
“Who does she think she is? She needs to be taken down a notch.”
Strict social stratification in imperial China meant that county magistrate daughters held modest local status; acting like high aristocracy invited immediate ridicule from peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really thinks of oneself as / acting as if one is
A colloquial sarcastic structure used to criticize someone acting above their station or behaving with unearned entitlement.
pampered young lady / miss
Often used sarcastically in modern and historical contexts to criticize someone who is haughty or high-maintenance.