以前这块墨 在李家祖上叫作九珍宝墨
“this piece of ink was called Nine-Treasure Ink by the Li family's ancestors.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
娘
“Mother,”
以前 这块墨 在李家祖上叫作九珍宝墨
“this piece of ink was called Nine-Treasure Ink by the Li family's ancestors.”
可祯娘不回主家 所以也不必再叫原名 引起误会
“But since I won't return to the main family, there's no need to call it by its original name and cause misunderstandings.”
“This formula carries great prestige, but we are setting a clear boundary from the clan.”
In ancestral craft traditions, product names represented clan prestige; breaking away from the main lineage required relinquishing or changing traditional names to avoid clan conflicts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ancestors / forebears
A respectful noun used in formal or period contexts when referring to family heritage.
to be called / to be named
Commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese to introduce historical or formal names.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you visited our ink workshop just now. May I ask,”
“just like our Li family's pine soot ink.”
“The Sihe Ink our Li family holds has a history of at least hundreds of years.”
“As expected of an ink-making family from a great nation,”
“is the closely guarded secret of every workshop.”
“This shows that our ink is not inferior to Hui Ink.”