臣请仵作楚楚觐见
“I request that the coroner Chu Chu be summoned.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陛下
“Your Majesty,”
臣 请 仵作楚楚 觐见
“I request that the coroner Chu Chu be summoned.”
准
“Granted.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Court etiquette requires ministers to use humble self-referents like 'chen' and seek explicit imperial authorization before anyone may enter the throne room.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have an audience with the emperor
An archaic court term exclusively used when presenting someone before the reigning monarch.
coroner; forensic examiner in ancient China
Historical term designating a professional performing autopsies and legal post-mortem examinations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I permitted Chu Chu to serve as a coroner in the Three Judicial Offices”
“that Your Majesty highly favors”
“But Chu Chu is the chief coroner of the Three Judicial Offices.”
“The renowned Imperial Coroner herself”
“(and granted the title Imperial Coroner.)”
“Chu Chu will work with other coroners”