多谢娘子帮我撑腰
“Thank you for defending me, Your Highness.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妹妹 我还有事 先告辞了
“Sister. I will take my leave now.”
多谢 娘子帮我 撑腰
“Thank you for defending me, Your Highness.”
你呀
“Silly girl.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In hierarchical domestic and court environments, a subordinate cannot survive or speak up without a patron of higher rank 'straightening their back' through public defense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
many thanks; thank you very much
A slightly more formal and emphatic alternative to 'xièxie', widely used in traditional as well as polite modern speech.
to back someone up; to support someone against an adversary
A very common colloquial metaphor meaning to provide authority or backing so someone doesn't get bullied.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- Rest up. - Thanks for caring, milady.”
“Thank you, Miss Qin. Thank you.”
“even I won't be able to back you up anymore.”
“Your mother is fine.”
“you must take good care of your mother.”
“Thank you for not driving me away.”