赵医正 你不是说这饭菜有毒吗？
“Medical Officer Zhao, you said the food was poisoned!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
赵医正 你不是说 这 饭菜有毒 吗 ？
“Medical Officer Zhao, you said the food was poisoned!”
吃也吃不出 下毒的人确实有点本事
“We can't taste a thing. Whoever did this has a skilled hand.”
“You claimed this was poisoned, so why can't you prove it now? You'd better explain yourself.”
In ancient Chinese courts, royal physicians (医正) walked a perilous tightrope; an unproven diagnosis or false claim of royal poisoning could cost them their career or their life.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't you say that...
A standard conversational pattern used to confront someone with their own prior words when current reality contradicts them.
poisonous / poisoned
Used to describe toxic food, substances, or metaphorically harmful environments.
Turns the statement into a direct rhetorical query demanding confirmation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“then why did you poison our food?”
“Congratulations on becoming a mentor.”
“Had Physician Song been acting odd lately?”
“Medical Officer Zhao is just like Her Ladyship,”
“That's because Physician Song supports her.”
“It's for Zhao De. Doesn't he have stomach problems?”