丢失官印是重罪
“Losing an official seal is a grave crime.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“which is why he had a wooden one carved as a substitute.”
丢失官印 是重罪
“Losing an official seal is a grave crime.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese bureaucracy, official seals were strictly regulated, and their loss was considered a capital crime reflecting dereliction of imperial duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to lose; to misplace
A formal and standard verb commonly used for losing valuable items, documents, or property.
felony; severe crime
Used in legal and formal registers to denote major legal offenses.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“must have lost the official seal,”
“Stealing the official seal,”
“are suspected of stealing the official seal”
“Could it be Jiang Daohai,”
“Why would they try to get hold of this official seal?”
“Someone seized the chance to steal his official seal.”