笔墨伺候
“Bring brush and ink.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
因为你同我置气破不了吗？
“go unsolved just because you're mad at me?”
笔墨伺候
“Bring brush and ink.”
给
“Here.”
“Watch me solve this right now; get me something to write with.”
Brush and ink represent traditional Chinese scholarship and officialdom. Calling for them signifies that an important intellectual task, decree, or deduction is about to take place.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
bring the brush and ink; get writing tools ready
Originally a formal command used by officials or scholars in imperial China. In modern Chinese, it is used humorously or dramatically when someone is about to write something important.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“honored to have the elders of the ink industry vouch for me.”
“can't afford to always use good ink.”
“This is our duty as ink makers.”
“and intends to enter the ink industry.”
“Rich, sharp strokes without bleeding. No matter how I dip the ink,”
“please teach me how to make ink.”