这郑大人 哼哼卿卿的
“Lord Zheng is hemming and hawing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姑娘
“My Lady,”
这郑大人 哼哼卿卿 的
“Lord Zheng is hemming and hawing.”
“It's obvious he doesn't want to investigate properly.”
“He is dragging his feet on purpose because he doesn't want to dig up the truth.”
In traditional and contemporary Chinese bureaucratic culture, officials unwilling to offend powerful factions often resort to evasive stalling rather than outright refusal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Your Honor; Lord; Excellency
An imperial honorific suffix placed after a surname to address or refer to government officials.
murmuring; grumbling ambiguously; dragging one's feet hesitantly
A descriptive colloquial reduplication describing someone making non-committal sounds or stalling.
Placed at the end of a descriptive predicate clause to emphasize a characteristic state or manner.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you really should try to persuade Lord Zheng.”
“Lord Zheng is indeed somewhat overbearing,”
“This doesn't seem like something Lord Zheng would do.”
“Lord Zheng is entrusted by the former governor to assist me;”
“Lord Zheng didn't hold a hearing for her, but he couldn't stop her from beating the Drum of Grievance.”
“Rumor has it that Lord Zheng has been plagued by nightmares recently.”