外臣不知道怎么回事
“I have no idea what happened.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
冤枉啊陛下这
“I didn't do this, Your Majesty.”
外臣 不知道怎么回事
“I have no idea what happened.”
不是高副使
“Wait, Vice Envoy Gao.”
“I have nothing to do with this treason or crime, please do not punish me!”
Envoys from tributary or foreign nations addressed the imperial throne as 'Waichen' to show deference and lower their status relative to the emperor.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
foreign envoy / subject of an outside state
A highly formal, archaic self-deprecating pronoun used by diplomats or foreign officials when addressing an emperor in historical settings.
do not know what happened / have no idea what is going on
A common spoken formula used to deny involvement or express utter confusion about an ongoing situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I knew nothing of it, Your Majesty.”
“But I don't know why”
“He doesn't know much about Japan.”
“I don't understand why.”
“I just don't understand.”
“I just don't know if the Ministry of Rites”
“I have no idea what happened.”
“But Director Shen doesn't know”
“Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it at all.”
“But I don't know what's going on.”
“you see, I didn't know.”
“Why am I not aware”
“I really don't know what happened.”