可有过剖验经验的仵作
“But to find a coroner with proper experience,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真要剖验啊
“A full autopsy?”
可有过剖验经验的仵作
“But to find a coroner with proper experience,”
“we'd probably have to request one from a neighboring prefecture.”
“Don't count on getting this autopsy done easily; we don't have anyone nearby who can actually do it.”
Traditional Chinese culture emphasized keeping a corpse intact; invasive autopsies were rarely performed and required extraordinary justification and specialized expertise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
coroner / forensic examiner in ancient China
A historical term referring to officials or mortuary examiners charged with inspecting corpses.
autopsy / post-mortem examination by dissection
A formal, specialized compound referring to the physical dissection of a corpse for investigation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“there is something about my experience as a coroner”
“Yet even the most experienced coroners would find it hard to remember”
“Compared to those professional coroners,”
“in the Three Judicial Offices who handled syphilis cases,”
“(to take the Three Judicial Offices' coroner exam.)”
“is hard to identify without extensive experience.”