是吗 我嬷嬷给我改的
“Really? My nanny altered it for me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你今儿穿得真好看
“You look really pretty today.”
是吗 我嬷嬷 给我改的
“Really? My nanny altered it for me.”
“I'm glad you like it, but the credit goes to my nanny who altered it.”
Rather than saying 'thank you' outright, traditional Chinese etiquette favors shifting credit to external factors like family or craftspeople to maintain modesty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is that so? / really?
A standard, polite deflecting response when receiving compliments in Chinese conversation.
altered / tailored
Refers to altering clothes or revising items to make them fit or look better.
Forms a confirmation question, used here rhetorically to modestly deflect praise.
Completes the focus construction emphasizing who performed the alteration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please pass a message to her for me, Nanny.”
“I was afraid that the Nanny might see it, so I swallowed it secretly.”
“Nanny Lan, you are getting more and more assertive these days.”
“You have taken care of me for years.”
“-I’ll change it. OK? -Let go!”
“No, I revised it based on what you said. That's not what I meant.”