王尚书气得差点晕厥
“Mr. Wang nearly fainted from rage.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太猖獗了
“They've gone too far.”
王尚书 气得差点晕厥
“Mr. Wang nearly fainted from rage.”
他女儿才最是可怜
“His daughter is the true victim.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'Shangshu' was the title for a cabinet minister heading one of the Six Ministries in dynastic China, denoting prominent rank and social stature.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
almost; nearly
Placed before a verb phrase to indicate that an undesirable outcome was narrowly avoided.
to faint; to lose consciousness
A slightly formal, dramatic term for passing out, often used in narrative or historical contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Minister Cui has been frowning lately,”
“Minister Wang holds real power in the Minister of Revenue.”
“that you're some Minister or Grand Tutor.”
“is still preferable to your stuffy old-fashioned pedantry.”
“and yet you, the Minister of Revenue,”
“Does it not trouble you to have humiliated Minister Jing's son?”