再奉旨验尸 也是个执贱业的胚子
“Even with an imperial order to conduct autopsy, she's still practicing a despicable profession.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“either at the capital prefecture or at the morgue. Everyone knows about it now.”
再 奉旨 验尸 也是 个 执贱业的胚子
“Even with an imperial order to conduct autopsy, she's still practicing a despicable profession.”
“She can forget about ever being compared to Yu again.”
“Imperial decree or not, she will never be good enough to stand beside my family.”
In imperial China, handling dead bodies was deemed ritually impure and socially degrading, making high status impossible regardless of merit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by imperial order / carrying out an imperial decree
A classical historical collocation used when acting with highest royal authority.
to mention in the same breath / to put on equal footing
Commonly used in negative constructions to deny equality between two entities.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to meet the coroner in person.”
“Autopsy isn't my expertise. After you, Your Ladyship.”
“(with the joy of examining bodies.)”
“His Majesty ordered me to help you solve this case”
“When I watched you examine the body just now, your technique was very clean.”
“even examining corpses together would be a pleasure.”