你跟着王爷一起办差
“you began handling cases with His Highness,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自从
“Ever since”
你 跟着 王爷 一起办差
“you began handling cases with His Highness,”
是越来越忙了
“you have grown busier and busier.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In pre-modern China, serving a royal prince ('办差') was both an immense career honor and an exhausting, high-risk responsibility requiring complete devotion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to carry out official assignments; to perform public service
Traditional term for working on official imperial or bureaucratic assignments, roughly equivalent to modern '出差' or '办公事'.
to follow; to work under / alongside someone
Often indicates an apprenticeship or subordinate role under a leader or mentor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's by His Highness's order.”
“are yours to decide.”
“It was His Highness who ordered you to stay with me at all times.”
“maybe I could shoulder more for him.”
“His Highness and I visited a jade workshop”
“This matter had nothing to do with the Commandery Prince An.”