我家小姐患有心衰之症
“My young lady suffers from heart failure.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是宫山玉牌不行
“But not the Gongshan Jade Tablet.”
我家小姐患有心衰之症
“My young lady suffers from heart failure.”
药石无医
“Medicine cannot cure it.”
“Please help us, my mistress is dying.”
Disclosing a grave family crisis or severe illness is a traditional rhetorical strategy to evoke moral pity and overcome rigid rules.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my young mistress; our lady
A respectful third-person reference used by servants or retainers when talking about the daughter of a wealthy or noble household.
suffering from the illness/affliction of...
A formal, semi-classical construction for stating someone's medical diagnosis.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wait a minute. Heart failure...”
“with bad knees and heart problems. Just help us out.”
“What illness? Is it serious? Heart disease. I don't know if it's serious.”
“A load off my mind.”
“Coronary heart disease? Is coronary heart disease a minor disease?”
“It's a heart problem, how could it not be serious?”