老爷大抵不想闹得人尽皆知
“Master probably didn't want to make a scene,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“As more people gathered outside the room,”
老爷大抵不想闹得人尽皆知
“Master probably didn't want to make a scene,”
便住了口
“so he stopped arguing.”
“He had to swallow his anger to prevent public embarrassment.”
In traditional Chinese households, airing dirty laundry in front of servants or outsiders causes a severe loss of dignity, so masters deliberately suppress public drama.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
known to everyone; widely known
A formal idiom used to describe scandalous or famous news spreading everywhere.
probably; mostly; on the whole
A literary or classical adverb used to express a reasonable deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We are grown men. We don't have that much to say.”
“Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao are really nice people.”
“How could a man like him bury something like this inside?”
“I was sure you had a plan.”
“Ms. Zhao is keeping you in for your sake.”
“His father demanded a proper account”