你可去看过太后了 还没去呢
“Have you visited the Empress Dowager? Not yet.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不关咱们的事少打听 绥哥儿 你可别学我呀
“It's none of our business, so we shouldn't pry. Sui. Don't follow my example.”
你可 去看过 太 后 了 还没去呢
“Have you visited the Empress Dowager? Not yet.”
三哥托我来请你和七哥去他府上 他说有事相求
“Yan asked me to invite you and Chi to his residence. He said he needs your help with something.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Paying formal respects to senior members like the Empress Dowager is an obligatory filial and political duty in traditional Chinese courts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
haven't gone yet
A common everyday response indicating an action or errand has not yet been completed.
Indicates completion or the state of having completed an action in a question.
Softens the response while indicating an ongoing state of non-completion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“how could I ever face the Empress Dowager?”
“why don't you go to the Empress Dowager's chamber yourself and ask?”
“Please spare me, Empress Dowager!”
“[May Mercy Guide All to Salvation] You should address the Empress Dowager as Imperial Mother.”
“Let the Empress Dowager and Emperor fight it out.”
“I'll impeach you to the Empress Dowager.”