大人是怀疑他话中有假
“You suspect he's lying?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
主持公道
“for Pan'er and her mother.”
大人是怀疑他话中有假
“You suspect he's lying?”
嗯
“Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial officialdom, an assistant or junior officer confirms their superior's thinking using respectful question phrasing rather than directly asserting their own judgment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
your honor / lordship
A formal respectful title for judicial officials and magistrates in pre-modern China.
untruthful in one's words / there is falsehood in what is said
A formal idiom-like collocation used to describe statements suspected of deceit or fabrication.