穆阳侯 下官该死 不 小人该死
“Marquis Muyang, punish me! No. I deserve to die!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
穆阳侯
“Marquis Muyang!”
穆阳侯 下官 该死 不 小人该死
“Marquis Muyang, punish me! No. I deserve to die!”
当年是我狗胆包天 冒犯了太后 穆阳侯救我
“I was so reckless years ago, and offended the Empress Dowager. Save me, Marquis Muyang!”
“I am entirely at your mercy; please spare my life!”
Downgrading one's self-referral from an official title to a base person marks absolute surrender and loss of dignity to evoke mercy from a superior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deserving of death; damn it
Used in historical dramas as an extreme expression of groveling apology to a superior.
this lowly one; humble person
A highly self-deprecating first-person pronoun used before high-ranking nobility in traditional Chinese culture.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Marquis Muyang has been executed,”
“Are you crazy? Shut up!”
“Marquis Muyang, why seek my forgiveness?”
“Marquis Muyang captured Wang Suwu to make an example of him.”
“Marquis Muyang is beyond redemption.”
“Marquis Muyang values him highly. His rise has been meteoric since.”