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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E27 (35:28) HSK 7
xiǎo de yě hǎo yǒu gè jiāo dài a zhèng fǔ yǐn zì huì sòng lái liǎng wèi jùn zhǔ

小的也好有个交代啊 郑府尹自会送来 两位郡主

“I can properly account for everything. Prefect Zheng will have them delivered. Your Highnesses.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 35:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù zhī lǐ sì qīng de pī bù hé shí néng dào jiàn dào pī bù

不知李寺卿的批簿何时能到 见到批簿

“I wonder when Minister Li's approval documents will arrive? Once I receive them,”

xiǎo de yě hǎo yǒu gè jiāo dài a zhèng fǔ yǐn zì huì sòng lái liǎng wèi jùn zhǔ CURRENT FOCUS

小的 也好 有个交代 啊 郑府尹 自会 送来 两位郡主

“I can properly account for everything. Prefect Zheng will have them delivered. Your Highnesses.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jùn zhǔ qǐng

郡主 请

“-Your Highness! -Please.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DEFLECTING RESPONSIBILITY
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: APPREHENSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please do not make my job difficult; the paperwork will arrive shortly, so please follow me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Accountability (向上交代)

Lower-level officials in imperial systems prioritized strict procedural compliance to avoid severe punishment from superiors.

INTENT TAGS: #deference #compliance #self_protection #pleading
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有个交代 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have an account/explanation to give to superiors

Essential idiom used when justifying bureaucratic caution or fulfilling duty to higher-ups.

小的 SPOKEN CHUNK

this humble one; your servant

Self-deprecating first-person pronoun used by lower-ranking individuals or servants in historical contexts.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the explanation while subtly pleading for understanding and compliance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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