但我这金丝甲是要送人的
“But that golden silk armor is meant as a gift.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
拿了钱不干活的事了
“I will not pursue the matter of you abandoning us midway.”
但 我这 金丝甲 是要送人的
“But that golden silk armor is meant as a gift.”
你得赶紧还回来
“Return it now.”
“I need that armor right now for an important purpose, so give it back without delay.”
Invoking an obligation to give a gift to an outside party serves as an unchallengeable, socially valid justification for demanding an item back urgently.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is meant to...; has to be...
Emphasizes an established obligation, destination, or intended purpose of an object or action.
to give away as a gift to someone
Common everyday phrase meaning to present something to another person as a present or favor.
Used at the end of the clause with 是 to assert a firm fact and emphasize the intended purpose of the object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We just sold the first batch of golden silk armor.”
“Once the Golden Silk Soft Armor hits the market, it'll stun the Jianghu.”
“Isn't it the filigree bangle I gave you as a gift?”
“that you buried that gold yourself.”
“I still bought you a gold hairpin.”
“Still thinking of selling them? These are hard to come by.”