你一个婢女敢跟我这么搭话
“How dare you, a maid, talk to me like that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
去
“Go away!”
你一个婢女敢跟我这么 搭话
“How dare you, a maid, talk to me like that?”
谁教你那么做事的 吴公子
“-Who taught you to do that? -Mr. Wu!”
“Know your place and shut up; you have no right to speak to me.”
Strict traditional Chinese hierarchy required servants to show total deference, making unprompted speaking an offensive breach of etiquette.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to strike up a conversation / to answer or speak to someone
Often used in spoken Chinese to refer to casually chiming in or engaging someone in talk.
how dare a mere [subordinate] like you...
A condescending pattern used to emphasize status disparity when scolding an inferior.