不过贵人们放心 自那茶园关了以后
“But don't worry, distinguished guests, since the plantation was shut down,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
啥也没查到 这才传出了 茶园妖怪吃人的说法
“but found nothing. That's when rumours started about a monster in the tea plantation eating people.”
不过贵人们 放心 自那茶园关了以后
“But don't worry, distinguished guests, since the plantation was shut down,”
已经一个多月没出过人命了 可我们又不是妖怪
“there haven't been any deaths for over a month. But we're not monsters.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Referring to patrons or officials as 'honorable people' displays traditional class deference and an effort to avoid offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rest assured, noble guests / honorable people
Used by commoners or subordinates in historical contexts to address high-ranking individuals deferentially.
ever since...
Standard temporal construction used to indicate the starting point of an ongoing state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There used to be a large tea plantation in the hills behind here that was doing very well.”
“several people died one after another at that plantation.”
“Do I need your permission to have a cup of tea?”
“Maybe I should search through the place?”
“(Sangxia Tea Garden) Call if you find anything first. Maybe I should search through the place?”
“That super expensive tea again?”