陈二不在就传别的仵作
“If Chen Er is absent, send for another coroner.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对啊
“Exactly.”
陈二 不在就传别的 仵作
“If Chen Er is absent, send for another coroner.”
快去
“Go at once.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In ancient Chinese judicial investigation, coroners handled the physical inspection of corpses, which carried deep taboo but was legally vital to solving murder cases.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
coroner; forensic examiner
A historical term specifically denoting a coroner or mortuary examiner in pre-modern China, frequent in historical detective fiction.
if not present, then...
A highly practical conversational pattern meaning 'if [person/thing] isn't around, then simply [alternative]'
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“even appointing a woman as a coroner.”
“I've been a coroner for many years and never seen anything like it.”
“Compared to those professional coroners,”
“you're the only female coroner.”
“They said no woman had ever been a coroner.”
“The renowned Imperial Coroner herself”