教坊的沁香身染疳霉
“Qinxiang of the Music Office is infected with syphilis!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那可太好了
“Then that would be just perfect.”
教坊的沁香 身染 疳霉
“Qinxiang of the Music Office is infected with syphilis!”
“Don't touch me—I have a deadly contagious illness, so back off.”
In imperial China, the Jiaofang was an official administration overseeing musicians and female entertainers, who often lacked personal autonomy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
contracted; infected with
A formal or literary expression used primarily in written or period contexts to describe coming down with an illness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The Music Office is full of gossip.”
“Miss Hua Mei of the Music Office also contracted the same disease,”
“The one who died at the Music Office”
“The tricks those women use there”
“It's common for musicians in the Music Office to have injuries.”
“(Discern the Bigger Picture from Small Hints) leave the Music Office”