不应该 买给北蛮二皇子吗
“Shouldn't he have bought them for the Second Prince of Beiman instead?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那他为什么要万里迢迢 拿这些火炮送给朕
“why would he go through the trouble to present these cannons to me?”
不应该 买给北蛮二皇子 吗
“Shouldn't he have bought them for the Second Prince of Beiman instead?”
朕以为 严查的不应该是 陈府的满门妇孺
“[The Emperor Establishes Supreme Order] I believe the ones to be strictly investigated shouldn't be the women and children of the Chen family,”
“If he were truly colluding with enemies, he would have armed them, not gifted weapons to the throne.”
In imperial dynastic politics, supplying advanced weaponry to nomadic northern border rivals was regarded as the highest form of treason, justifying collective family extermination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
should it not be; ought not
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to introduce a logical objection or rhetorical question.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question seeking agreement on obvious logic.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My mentor has his own sources of information in Beiman.”
“I ended up being tricked by the Beiman people,”
“that we can let our guard down against Beiman?”
“and noticed a Beiman merchant with an interpreter from our state”
“This anatomical chart was truly a gift from the King of Nanzhao?”
“If you have buyers down south, sell them for me.”