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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E27 (13:54) HSK 6
zhǎng gōng zhǔ diàn xià lǎo fū yǒu lǐ le

长公主殿下 老夫有礼了

“Your Highness, my greetings!”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 13:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǐ miàn dōu làn le

里面都烂了

“It's all messed up inside.”

zhǎng gōng zhǔ diàn xià lǎo fū yǒu lǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

长 公主 殿下 老夫 有礼了

“Your Highness, my greetings!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN diàn xià

殿下

“Your Highness!”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: FORMAL GREETING
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: RESPECT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Palace Etiquette and Self-Deprecation

Using specific self-referential labels like '老夫' while addressing royalty maintains strict feudal hierarchy and decorum.

INTENT TAGS: #greeting #deference #court_etiquette #formality
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
长公主殿下 SPOKEN CHUNK

Her Highness the Eldest Princess

High-register honorific title used in imperial historical settings for the emperor's elder sister or daughter.

老夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

this old man / I (elderly male self-reference)

A traditional, self-effacing yet dignified first-person pronoun used by older men.

有礼了 SPOKEN CHUNK

pay respects / offer greetings

A classical formula used when bowing or performing an etiquette greeting to someone.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as part of the formulaic polite greeting phrase '有礼了'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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