还不快给武安侯请安
“Hurry up and pay your respects to the Marquis of Wu'an!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还愣着干什么
“What are you standing there for?”
还不快 给武安侯 请安
“Hurry up and pay your respects to the Marquis of Wu'an!”
侯爷 他也什么都没看见
“Your Lordship, he didn't see anything either.”
“Bow right now before we both get into serious trouble!”
Failing to promptly offer ceremonial greetings (qing'an) to superiors was a dangerous breach of protocol in dynastic China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hurry up and; why haven't you already
A rhetorical imperative structure used to spur someone into immediate action with an irritated edge.
to pay respects; to make formal obeisance
A traditional aristocratic greeting ritual used before elders or high-ranking nobility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let's go meet this Marquis of Wu'an.”
“I only want to ask the Marquis of Wu'an for one thing.”
“If you're so tough, go fight the Marquis of Wu'an.”
“Tell the Marquis of Wu'an to come out and meet his death!”
“the Marquis of Wu'an's plan would have failed.”
“We are Marquis of Wu'an's soldiers now.”