大人 今晚张衙役带了个生面孔过来
“Your Excellency, Officer Zhang brought a stranger over tonight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
接着说
“You go on.”
大人 今晚张衙役带了个 生面孔 过来
“Your Excellency, Officer Zhang brought a stranger over tonight.”
小的刚想上去查看清楚 就 就被那个人给弄晕了
“I was just about to go take a closer look, a-and that man just knocked me out.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Addressing superiors as '大人' marks strict hierarchical etiquette when sub-officials or runners report abnormalities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an unfamiliar face; a stranger
Used in everyday spoken Mandarin to refer to someone new, unknown, or unfamiliar in a given setting.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My lord. It's time.”
“Has everything been arranged with Officer Zhang? It's all taken care of.”
“Hasn't Officer Zhang already gotten the official document signed by the Prefect?”
“Why not send a police runner to his home to check?”
“Your Excellency. It's absolutely true.”
“Boss, you don't have to camp here every day.”