又感染了风寒
“and then he caught a chill.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
更可怜的是景祺 本身就体弱多病
“Poor Jingqi suffered even more. He was already weak and sickly,”
又感 染了风寒
“and then he caught a chill.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese culture, common colds are often referred to as 'wind-chill' (fenghan), reflecting the belief that external weather elements invade a weakened body.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
caught a cold / contracted a chill
A literary or traditional Chinese medicine phrasing for catching a cold, common in period dramas or formal speech.
Marks the completion of the action of contracting the illness.