王上让我给安郡王带句话
“The King asked me to deliver a message.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让奴婢先送回来
“so the King asked me to return these things.”
王上 让 我给安郡王 带句话
“The King asked me to deliver a message.”
先王已经故去
“The former king has passed away.”
“Listen closely: I am speaking on behalf of the King himself.”
In imperial China, envoys delivering the monarch's verbal words carry the weight of sovereign authority, requiring immediate attention and strict reverence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pass on a message; to convey words
A common colloquial-to-formal idiom used across periods to indicate delivering verbal words on behalf of a third party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and told Commandery Prince An everything you knew.”
“while I was in the Three Judicial Offices.”
“I'm sure you know what will happen.”
“use the excuse that the Commandery Princess Consort An was abducted”
“You find a way to draw Commandery Prince An away.”
“Commandery Prince An, you do have a point.”