天干物燥
“Dry weather!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
过来问问
“asking.”
天干物燥
“Dry weather!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial and pre-modern China, night watchmen walked the streets beating gongs and calling out '天干物燥，小心火烛' to signal the time and remind residents to prevent wooden house fires.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dry weather and parched conditions
A set four-character idiom paired with '小心火烛' (beware of candles/fire), famously chanted by ancient night watchmen.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Xigu Lane] The weather is dry.”
“Dry weather!”
“[Xigu Lane] Dry weather!”
“[Xigu Lane] Dry weather!”
“Dry weather!”