听闻武安侯回归
“[Grand Tutor Li's grandson, Li Huaixian] I heard the Marquis of Wu'an has returned.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Aren't you supposed to be serving in the Northwest?”
听闻 武安侯回归
“[Grand Tutor Li's grandson, Li Huaixian] I heard the Marquis of Wu'an has returned.”
“[Grand Tutor Li's grandson, Li Huaixian] Did you step down to make way for your betters?”
“You didn't return by choice; you got pushed out because the real heavyweight came back.”
In imperial China, an incumbent official's posting was heavily swayed by the military prestige and return of titled nobility, leading to tacit political demotions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hear of; it is said that
A formal, literary equivalent of 听说, commonly used in period dramas or formal spoken contexts to report hearsay.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tell the Marquis of Wu'an to come out and meet his death!”
“If the Marquis of Wu'an saw this,”
“why did he speak up for the Marquis of Wu'an? [Northwest Inn]”
“the Marquis of Wu'an's plan would have failed.”
“We have to wait for the Marquis of Wu'an to lower his guard;”
“Let's go meet this Marquis of Wu'an.”