《The First Jasmine》 S1·E6 (02:56)
HSK 7
wài zǔ fù nǎi dòng liáng zhī cái
外祖父乃栋梁之材
“My grandfather is a pillar of the state.”
《The First Jasmine》
S1·E6
TIMECODE: 02:56
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
tài hòu róng bǐng
太后容禀
“Your Majesty.”
wài zǔ fù nǎi dòng liáng zhī cái
CURRENT FOCUS
外祖父乃 栋梁之材
“My grandfather is a pillar of the state.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yè lí bù guò wēi mò yī nǚ zǐ
叶璃不过微末一女子
“I am but a humble woman.”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
PRAISING VIRTUE
Tone:
DEFERENTIAL
Emotion:
RESPECT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Remember the invaluable service my family has rendered to the imperial dynasty.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Ancestral Merit (Yin)
In dynastic China, invoking the vital loyalty and status of one's forebears was a legitimate and critical strategy when pleading for royal grace or defense.
INTENT TAGS:
#deference
#appealing_to_merit
#formal_defense
#court_etiquette
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
栋梁之材
SPOKEN CHUNK
a pillar of the state; a person of outstanding ability and character
A prestigious four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used in formal or literary Chinese to describe invaluable officials.
乃
SPOKEN CHUNK
is; truly is (classical Chinese equivalent of 'shi')
Used in formal, classical, or period speech instead of '是' to add solemnity and gravity.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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