属下都加到三两一个时辰了
“[Jizhou Government Office] I've raised the offer to 3 taels an hour.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在城里已经传遍了
“[Jizhou Government Office] has spread throughout the city.”
属下都加到三两一个时辰了
“[Jizhou Government Office] I've raised the offer to 3 taels an hour.”
罢了
“[Recruitment for a Good Teacher] Forget it.”
“I did everything possible and offered an absurdly high price, so please do not blame me for the failure.”
In traditional hierarchical power structures, failing an order could lead to severe punishment; subordinates proactively report extreme measures taken to demonstrate loyalty and diligence before the superior passes judgment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
subordinate; your humble servant
A self-deprecating pronoun used by subordinates when addressing their master or commander in historical or martial arts contexts.
raise to; increase up to
Use this structure to indicate raising a bid, price, or quota up to a specific threshold.
one traditional Chinese hour (equivalent to two modern hours)
Essential historical time-measuring unit commonly found in costume dramas and historical fiction.
Marks an existing completed state and adds an emphatic tone to stress that the limit of effort has already been reached.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's been two hours.”
“We have waited for 2 hours.”
“for the Dragon Burning Sand to dissolve his bones.”
“I've been sharpening it for four hours,”
“Three hours is way too long. Let's go.”
“I only need four hours as I said.”