去查查那回纥王子
“Look into that Uyghur prince.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
十五公主和亲之事 恐怕真的没办法了
“About the Fifteenth Princess's marriage alliance, I'm afraid there's really nothing we can do.”
去查查 那回纥王子
“Look into that Uyghur prince.”
是
“Yes.”
“Dig up some dirt on that prince so we can stop this marriage.”
Heqin was an ancient foreign policy practice where imperial princesses were wed to foreign leaders for peace; court officials often scrambled to avoid it when unfavorable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
go investigate / look into
Verb reduplication makes an imperative order concise while directing investigative action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The Uyghur prince.”
“What would the Uyghur prince think?”
“and I was to marry a Uyghur prince I'd never met.”
“Has Commandery Prince An uncovered anything?”
“You set the fire right before His Majesty and the Uyghur prince.”
“taking inventory of Princess Anning's gifts.”