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《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E4 (06:40) HSK 6
mín nǚ fèng jiāng jūn zhī mìng ér lái

民女奉将军之命而来

“I came here on your orders.”

《Love Beyond the Grave》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 06:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ kě shì dān xīn bù yǐ a

我可是担心不已啊

“I was really worried.”

mín nǚ fèng jiāng jūn zhī mìng ér lái CURRENT FOCUS

民女 奉将军之命 而来

“I came here on your orders.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě zhè yī tàng

可这一趟

“But on my way,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: STATING PURPOSE
Tone: SUBMISSIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am merely doing what you ordered me to do, so do not blame me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hierarchical Self-Deprecation (谦称)

Traditional Chinese etiquette required commoners to use self-diminishing terms such as 'minnu' to show reverence and prevent overstepping social bounds.

INTENT TAGS: #deference #justification #self_defense
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
民女 SPOKEN CHUNK

this common woman / maiden (humble self-reference)

A historical humble pronoun used exclusively by commoner females when addressing officials or royalty.

奉命 SPOKEN CHUNK

to act under orders

Formal collocation indicating that an action is performed strictly in obedience to a superior's command.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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