Although Andrew Farmstead was quite good at Chinese, he had a hard time understanding all this stuff. He seemed to understand each word when they were separated, but all put together, it was...
"Junior Sister, what did you say about a dog?" He didn't understand anything else but felt that the last word was not very nice.
Kiara smiled gently and harmlessly, "What I meant was, if I don't study hard with Senior Brother, then I'm a 'little dog.' See, aren't the two characters for 'dog' right next to each other?"
Huh, it doesn't seem wrong, but why does it feel strange?
Edward Farmbright silently noted this phrase. He decided he would go back and ask the Marbled Cat Clan who was proficient in classical literature to see what they thought. Of course, knowing the answer later almost killed him with anger, but that's a story for later.