只能我来见您
“so I had to come see you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听说皇宫里来了人
“I heard someone from the Imperial Palace had arrived,”
只能 我来 见您
“so I had to come see you.”
这么早
“So early.”
“You hold high status, so protocol requires that I come to you personally.”
In traditional courtly and official contexts, who visits whom is dictated strictly by status, where visiting someone in person shows deference or discretion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to come see you (honorific)
A courteous way to state one's arrival to meet a person of higher status or elder.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can only promise not to see him.”
“so he asked me to visit you.”
“we'll have to see you in court.”
“that I must go in person”
“I must go in person for this.”
“meeting you today”