照常说是该走那条路
“We should go from there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
去柳才人寝宫 为何不走太医署东边那条路？
“Why didn't we take the east path to Talent Liu's palace?”
照常说 是该走那条路
“We should go from there.”
“But Physician Luo insists on taking this Yin-Yang Road to see Talent Liu these days.”
“You are right to question this, because the normal routine was deliberately broken.”
In palace settings, rigid routine is maintained for security; any deviation from habitual protocol immediately signals conspiracy or foul play.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ordinarily speaking / by standard practice
Set spoken phrase used to set up a baseline before introducing a surprising contradiction with 可 or 但是.
should take (a road / path)
Common expression designating the correct or designated route to take.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It does seem to be on the way.”
“not knowing whether to keep following the path I chose.”
“I shouldn't keep going down this path.”
“You want to walk a clean path,”
“We have to leave.”
“I still need to lead everyone on the right path,”