你们少君也该康复了吧
“Mr. Mu should recover, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Once most of Nie Zhe's followers are captured,”
你们少君 也该 康复 了吧
“Mr. Mu should recover, right?”
少君陈疾难治
“His chronic illness is hard to cure.”
“Is your lord really sick, or is he using illness as an excuse to avoid action?”
In Chinese factional and courtly dialogue, direct questions about an ally's or rival's weakness are phrased as polite, hopeful assumptions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should be ... by now, right?
A grammatical pattern used to make a reasonable presumption while subtly soliciting confirmation.
to recover health; to rehabilitate
A formal, polite term used to refer to someone regaining health after an illness or injury.
Softens the assertive presumption into a probing question inviting confirmation or denial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“for many days at Qingque Sect.”
“take Mr. Mu to rest.”
“Thank you for saving my life.”
“I would have never seen you again, Mr. Mu.”
“He didn't ask you not to tell me, either.”
“thanks for saving Zhao.”