娘子 夜深了
“My Lady, it's getting late.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我替您留心问着
“I'll keep an ear out for you.”
娘子 夜深了
“My Lady, it's getting late.”
“It is late and we shouldn't linger here any longer; let's go back.”
In traditional Chinese culture, subordinates or attendants rarely tell superiors what to do directly; instead, they state objective facts (such as the late hour) to prompt the superior to make the decision to leave.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is late at night
A common temporal expression often used as a gentle reminder or polite pretext to conclude an activity or depart.
Indicates a change of state, highlighting that the night has progressed to a late hour.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's getting late. It's time to go home.”
“It is late. You should sleep now.”
“My Lady, why don't you open it and take a look?”
“it's late. You should head back and rest”
“My lady, see if you like this.”
“Wan… You finally came back.”