我只是按照我们县尊大人说的做
“I'm just following the County Magistrate's orders.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我只是按照我们县尊大人 说的 做
“I'm just following the County Magistrate's orders.”
放了我家大人
“Release my Master!”
“Do not take your anger out on me; I am just following orders.”
Subordinates in imperial Chinese administration frequently invoked their superior's mandate to shield themselves from hostile consequences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only / merely doing...
Commonly used to minimize one's role or autonomy in a difficult situation.
to act according to what someone said
A practical pattern for quoting an authority figure to justify an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You dare accuse our County Magistrate?”
“I can only try to beg the Magistrate”
“to harm our County Magistrate?”
“Please go to the County Magistrate”
“we'll do it my way!”
“you follow my rules.”