琉璃盏、夜明珠 也不是什么稀罕物件
“Glazed cups and glowing pearls aren't rare.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
永丰巷的七间铺面 明日就转籍到太傅名下
“Seven shops in Yongfeng Alley will be put under your name tomorrow.”
琉璃盏、夜明珠 也不是 什么 稀罕 物件
“Glazed cups and glowing pearls aren't rare.”
“Two boxes have been sent to you. Feel free to enjoy them.”
“Take these priceless treasures with an easy conscience; this bribe is completely safe and normal.”
In Chinese culture, givers deliberately deprecate substantial gifts as ordinary or worthless to diminish the recipient's psychological burden and avoid overt charges of corruption.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rare items; precious oddities
A colloquial yet classic phrase used to refer to valuable or unusual curios, often downplayed when offering gifts.
not really anything of...; hardly consider it...
A standard politeness framing device used to minimize the scale or cost of an offer or gift.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“white as fine jade,”
“Is it all for the Night Orchid and the Jade Sunflower?”
“she doesn't recognize their true value?”
“she doesn't recognize their true value?”
“She insisted on placing her lamp on the highest stand.”
“♪ Let sin be punished, let desire be destroyed ♪ Beautiful lanterns!”