调查刺史遇害真相
“investigate the truth behind the Prefect's murder,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平息南赵之乱
“to quell the Nanzhao unrest,”
调查刺史遇害真相
“investigate the truth behind the Prefect's murder,”
“and neutralize the crisis sparked by the prophecy.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The murder of a high-ranking imperial administrator like a Cishi threatened the dynastic authority and social order, demanding high-priority imperial investigation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to investigate the truth
A common formal collocation used in investigative, legal, or journalistic contexts.
regional inspector; provincial governor
A historical bureaucratic title denoting an imperial official governing a prefecture.
to be murdered; to be killed
A formal written and spoken verb used when referring to the victim of a violent crime.
