听说有人帮我 在大理卿那里说了好话
“But I heard that someone spoke up for me to Chief Minister Wu.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
原本已经将我革职为民
“I was dismissed and made a commoner.”
听说 有人 帮我 在大理卿那里 说了好话
“But I heard that someone spoke up for me to Chief Minister Wu.”
让我继续留在大理寺 现在就是个普通胥役
“So I'm allowed to stay. Now, I'm just a petty clerk.”
“I know you were the one who stuck your neck out for me.”
In traditional Chinese officialdom, personal interventions and speaking favorably on someone's behalf before a powerful superior often carried far more weight than formal institutional rules.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to put in a good word for someone; to plead on someone's behalf
A very common spoken idiom used when someone intercedes positively on another's behalf to someone in authority.
it is said that; I heard that
Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to introduce unconfirmed news or politely test the listener's reaction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review tomorrow!”
“That's the family of Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review! Do you really think”
“I won't bother. You…! Chief Justice, please.”
“to the Court of Revision.”
“You've been transferred to the Imperial Court. Why did you volunteer to endure this hardship with me?”
“Yan Li told me Minister Li is very high-maintenance.”