殿下别生气 奴婢再也不给谢将军起卦了
“Your Highness, please forgive me. I will never divine for General Xie again.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
木生火势 谢将军用兵如神 定能逢凶化吉
“With wood fueling the fire, General Xie's brilliance in command will surely turn this peril into triumph.”
殿下 别生气 奴婢 再也不 给谢将军起卦了
“Your Highness, please forgive me. I will never divine for General Xie again.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The self-referent 'nubi' reflects the absolute subservience of servants in imperial households, where appeasing a royal master's mood is vital for self-preservation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cast a hexagram; to practice divination
Specific to traditional Chinese divination practices, such as consulting the I Ching.
don't be angry; calm down
A frequent spoken expression used to de-escalate tension and soothe an upset interlocutor.
Indicates a cessation of an ongoing or repeated action when paired with '再也不'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Peace, Your Highness. Think about it: Lord Chen is your tutor.”
“Don't worry. Your Majesty. Before Her Highness left, I divined for her.”
“Have you consulted Consort Xie about it?”
“Master, don't kill him.”
“Instead, he hid the truth from me with his servants' help.”
“So you came to apologize? I sincerely apologize.”