This is a form of address of the Blang ethnic group.

这是布朗族的一种称呼方式。

youdao

They are also experts in the subject matter, and they know getting a form of address wrong can be a deal breaker.

他们同时还告诫某些危言危行议题的专家，并且知道好比孵蛋一个称呼都可能坏事。

youdao

That is how they addressed him: don plus his given name and without the family name, a form of address somewhere between what might seem like familiarity and the veneration owed to a feudal Lord.

他们就是这么称呼他的：“先生”加上他的名而不加姓。这种称谓方式听起来有几分亲切，也有几分像是向封建主致敬。

youdao

And it's not used only as a form of address, but also when we speak of a mother in the third person.

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El Gato, a middle-aged man with a severe manner, asked Don Miguel, using a respectful form of address, for his side of the story.

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They speak loudly and warmly to each other in an accent that alternates between a drawling slang and a polite and mannered form of address.

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