去把承恩宫里里外外搜了个遍
“to search Cheng'en Palace inside and out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“everyone in the palace was on edge. So that eunuch led a squad of Imperial Guards”
去把承恩宫 里里外外 搜了个遍
“to search Cheng'en Palace inside and out.”
然后在最里边那个房间 看到了你和太史丞
“Then, in the innermost room, they found you and Mr. Xiao.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical China, the deployment of Jinwu guards (金吾卫) to ransack imperial chambers signifies high-level intrigue, treason investigations, or major scandals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inside and out; thoroughly in all corners
A reduplicated idiom emphasizing completeness and thoroughness in physical searches or cleaning.
searched every single corner; searched all over
Pattern 'V + 了个 + 遍' conveys doing an action exhaustively across an entire area.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And what of our "scandal" at Cheng'en Palace?”
“The Cheng'en Palace indeed is mine.”
“I knew the Cheng'en Palace had bad feng shui.”
“when he started meeting her at Cheng'en Palace.”
“and the palace official brought in a group to investigate,”
“then do not come looking for me again.”