曾女士什么时候能送走 今晚
“when can Ms. Zeng be sent away? Tonight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
先生
“Sir,”
曾女士 什么时候能送走 今晚
“when can Ms. Zeng be sent away? Tonight.”
送她离开上海的路径都安排好了 那咱家门口
“The route to send her out of Shanghai is all arranged. Then what about”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Typical of Chinese wartime and spy dramas, where safely escorting key figures out of occupied cities like Shanghai drives the plot tension.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to send away; to escort out
Commonly used in daily life to see off guests, but in espionage contexts it refers to exfiltrating or evacuating an operative.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Madam Yao, Yao Ping's wife] I wonder how long it will take for the Old Madam to return.”
“When will Miss Dong appear?”
“I didn't get to see your mom one last time.”
“Ms. Chen retires next month.”
“But when on earth can I walk?”
“He said he'd be half an hour late. He's taking his wife back to her parents' place first.”