我朝的官印皆为铜制的
“All official seals of our court are cast in copper.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
官印有问题
“There is something wrong with the official seal.”
我朝的官印 皆为铜制的
“All official seals of our court are cast in copper.”
这个
“This one,”
“Look closely; this seal is clearly a fake.”
Official seals in imperial China were strictly regulated symbols of bureaucratic and judicial power; fabricating or altering them was considered treason.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
our dynasty; our imperial court
A formal historical term used by court officials to refer to the reigning state or dynasty.
official seal
Refers to administrative seals conferring governmental authority in historical settings.
are all / are entirely
Literary classical Chinese formulation equivalent to modern spoken '都是'.
Marks nominalization and categorical certainty regarding the seal's material.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why would they try to get hold of this official seal?”
“and carve a seal from wood,”
“must have lost the official seal,”
“this is the official seal seized from Hong Luan,”
“Losing an official seal is a grave crime.”
“Someone seized the chance to steal his official seal.”