How to say "等法事做完黄花菜都凉了" (děng fǎ shì zuò wán huáng huā cài dōu liáng le) in Chinese dialogue

děngshìzuòwánhuánghuācàidōuliángle

By the time the rites are over, the day's all but done.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
Grammar Patterns
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0109:21
hái
zuò
shì

Rites of the dead?

LINE 0209:23
PLAYING SCENE
děng
shì
zuò
wán
huáng
huā
cài
dōu
liáng
le

By the time the rites are over, the day's all but done.

LINE 0309:25
fēn
míng
jiù
shì
xiǎng
ràng
men
yàn

He's using this as an excuse so that we won't be able to examine the corpse.

Show Information
Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS2 E18
Timestamp09:23
TMDB ID124595