若小的 愿意当着老爷的面揭开
“a reward of two hundred taels of silver, if I was willing to testify against Madam”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
谁知宋姨奶奶说
“Then Madam Song promised me”
若 小的 愿意 当着老爷的面 揭开
“a reward of two hundred taels of silver, if I was willing to testify against Madam”
就赏小的二百两银子
“in front of Master.”
“I only agreed to this because Aunt Song offered me a huge reward to expose it.”
In traditional patriarchal compounds, concubines often manipulated servants with silver to stage public exposures against rivals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the presence of / right in front of someone
A common structure used to emphasize that an action takes place directly and openly before a particular person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why bother going against Master's wishes?”
“you might as well separate from Master”
“you'd be better off leaving the Master”
“We're just following orders.”
“Stop putting on airs before me.”
“Master probably didn't want to make a scene,”