《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E28 (12:26)
HSK 3
ràng lǎo fū shōu nǐ wèi yì nǚ
让老夫收你为义女
“to adopt you as my goddaughter.”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E28
TIMECODE: 12:26
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
yǒu rén qiú dào wǒ le
有人求到我了
“someone asked me”
ràng lǎo fū shōu nǐ wèi yì nǚ
CURRENT FOCUS
让老夫收你为义女
“to adopt you as my goddaughter.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yì nǚ
义女
“Goddaughter?”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
MAKING PROPOSAL
Tone:
GRACIOUS
Emotion:
BENEVOLENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Someone important pleaded with me to take you under my wing and adopt you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Yinu (Fictive Kinship)
In pre-modern China, adopting a godchild (yinu/yizi) often served as a significant political or social alliance, providing protection, lineage ties, and patronage.
INTENT TAGS:
#adoption
#patronage
#alliance
#proposal
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
老夫
SPOKEN CHUNK
this old man (self-reference by an elderly man of status)
An archaic first-person pronoun used in period dramas by senior men of high standing.
收为义女
SPOKEN CHUNK
adopt as a foster daughter/goddaughter
A formal collocation referring to establishing a recognized patron-daughter kinship bond.
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