免得九娘子白跑一趟
“so you wouldn't waste a trip.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
主子一收到消息就连夜赶往义庄 命在下在此候着
“As soon as Master heard, he rushed to the morgue overnight. He asked me to wait here for you”
免得 九娘子 白跑一趟
“so you wouldn't waste a trip.”
那侯府的马车为何还在此处啊
“Then why is the Yue family's carriage still here?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
High-ranking households demonstrate propriety by leaving attendants to receive guests and spare them inconvenience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so as to avoid; lest
A formal and spoken conjunction used to state a precaution against an unwanted outcome.
to make a trip in vain
A high-frequency colloquial idiom used when a journey yields no result.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please don't trouble yourself, Miss Qin. I'm completely healed. I truly am!”
“from now on, as long as she's around, I'll keep my distance. No.”
“Miss Qin, please don't be so formal.”
“can't interfere with Miss Qin's marriage anymore, killing two birds with one stone.”
“I dare not trouble you, Miss Qin.”
“That I'm not sure of, but if you want to know,”