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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E38 (31:06) HSK 7
shuō shì yào gào yù zhuàng

说是要告御状

“♪ Day and night ♪ She says she wants to file an imperial appeal.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 31:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì zān huā jiāng jūn qiāo xiǎng dēng wén gǔ

是簪花将军敲响登闻鼓

“It's the Flower-Crowned General beating the Petition Drum. ♪ Day and night ♪”

shuō shì yào gào yù zhuàng CURRENT FOCUS

说是 要 告御状

“♪ Day and night ♪ She says she wants to file an imperial appeal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè lǐ tài fù bú shì shuō

这李太傅不是说

“♪ We strive to save the world ♪ Didn't Grand Tutor Li say”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: REPORTING INFORMATION
Tone: SERIOUS
Emotion: APPREHENSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Gao Yu Zhuang (Appealing to the Emperor)

In ancient China, lodging a complaint directly to the emperor by beating the Dengwen Drum was a last-resort act of immense legal and mortal consequence.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #hearsay #informing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
告御状 SPOKEN CHUNK

to file an appeal directly to the emperor

A historical term referring to bypassing regular judicial levels to bring an extreme injustice straight to the monarch.

说是 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is said that / rumor has it

Used as an evidential marker to indicate secondhand information or hearsay.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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我去告御状去
《逐玉》
85% Match
我去告御状去
wǒ qù gào yù zhuàng qù

“and file a complaint against all of you!”

怕是要去官府递状纸了
《逐玉》
82% Match
怕是要去官府递状纸了
pà shì yào qù guān fǔ dì zhuàng zhǐ le

“a complaint with the magistrate's office.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E38 (31:06) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus