派人沿咱们来时的路查一查
“Send men to search along the road we took.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
国公爷这才给咱们传信
“Only then did the Duke send word.”
派人沿咱们 来时的路 查一查
“Send men to search along the road we took.”
大哥
“I'm afraid…”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '咱们' instead of '我们' stresses internal solidarity and in-group camaraderie among fellow subordinates or sworn brothers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to dispatch someone / send people
A very common verb-object chunk used when ordering subordinates or asking for assistance to perform a task.
the path by which one came / the return route
A standard temporal-spatial descriptive phrase useful for navigating or retracing tracks.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“those people in Chang'an where our bottom line is,”
“We will follow this lead to dig deeper.”
“We'll have to seek our own connections.”
“The whole street was talking about it when we came.”