《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E1 (32:02)
HSK 6
shuō cóng wèi yǒu nǚ zǐ dāng wǔ zuò de
说从未有女子当仵作的
“They said no woman had ever been a coroner.”
《The Imperial Coroner》
S2·E1
TIMECODE: 32:02
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
yá mén dōu bù kěn shōu
衙门都不肯收
“Yamen wouldn't accept me.”
shuō cóng wèi yǒu nǚ zǐ dāng wǔ zuò de
CURRENT FOCUS
说从未有女子当仵作的
“They said no woman had ever been a coroner.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ gē dāng shí dōu shōu le bié de tú dì
“Even my brother took in other apprentices,”
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Scene:
Historical & Court
Function:
EXPLAINING CAUSE
Tone:
REFLECTIVE
Emotion:
INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They dismissed me purely because I am a woman.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Gender Restrictions in Imperial Vocations
In imperial China, legal roles like coroners (wuzuo) were traditionally viewed as male domains associated with ritual impurity and taboo, making female entry historically unprecedented.
INTENT TAGS:
#lamenting
#recalling_obstacles
#gender_bias
#justifying
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
从未有
SPOKEN CHUNK
there has never been
A formal and emphatic way to express that an occurrence is unprecedented.
当仵作
SPOKEN CHUNK
to work as a coroner
Used in historical fiction or costume dramas to describe the occupation of an imperial autopsy officer.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Affirms the categorical nature of the rule or precedent being cited.
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0 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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