夜半不归家 会引人非议
“If she stays out overnight, people will gossip.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
九娘子尚未出阁
“Miss Qin hasn't married yet.”
夜半不归家 会 引人非议
“If she stays out overnight, people will gossip.”
小七 你的面色难看哪 是不是因为案子办得不顺啊
“Chi. You look troubled. Is it because the case isn't going well?”
“You need to wrap this up and send her home right away before people start whispering.”
In traditional China, an unmarried noblewoman staying out late brought immense moral scrutiny not just upon herself, but upon her entire household's honor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to invite gossip or criticism
A formal four-character expression used when warning someone that their actions risk moral disapproval.
midnight; the dead of night
A literary term for the middle of the night, adding gravity to formal warnings.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You stayed out all night and left your kid at home”
“It's getting late. It's time to go home.”
“Living outside the home, you've become a neat guy.”
“Out all night? What were you up to?”
“isn't your home actually that way?”
“Or I'll come for it. Wrong number.”