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《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E15 (37:37) HSK 7
hái qǐng líng zhǔ jiā pài rén shǒu yǐ miǎn è líng wèi huò rén jiān nǎ

还请灵主加派人手 以免恶灵为祸人间哪

“Your Grace, please send more, lest evil spirits plague the Mortal World.”

《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 37:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suī rán gè diàn jǐn jí pài líng chà zhuā bǔ dàn shì shù liàng zhòng duō

虽然各殿 紧急派灵差抓捕 但是数量众多

“(Lei Qi,) Lords have sent (Lord of Zhuangling Temple) Spirit Officials to arrest them, but there are too many.”

hái qǐng líng zhǔ jiā pài rén shǒu yǐ miǎn è líng wèi huò rén jiān nǎ CURRENT FOCUS

还请灵主 加派人手 以免恶灵 为祸人间 哪

“Your Grace, please send more, lest evil spirits plague the Mortal World.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì a

是啊

“Indeed.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: FORMAL PETITION
Tone: EARNEST AND DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Formal Remonstrance and Deference

When urging a ruler to take immediate action, subordinates combine deferential phrasing like '还请' with emotional markers to stress the urgency without sounding insubordinate.

INTENT TAGS: #petitioning #urging_action #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还请 SPOKEN CHUNK

would also request that; we humbly ask that

A highly respectful formula used when submitting formal advice or requests upward in a hierarchy.

以免 SPOKEN CHUNK

in order to avoid; lest

A conjunction used in formal spoken or written Chinese to explain the negative consequence one seeks to prevent.

为祸人间 SPOKEN CHUNK

to bring calamity upon the human world; to plague mankind

A literary four-character idiom commonly used in fantasy, mythological, or dramatic narratives to describe large-scale threats.

Modal Particle「哪」 (na) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the urgent imperative, transforming it into an earnest and impassioned plea.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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