还劳烦公孙刺史
“Please, Prefect Gongsun,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
更当谨慎注意
“we should be much more vigilant.”
还劳烦公孙刺史
“Please, Prefect Gongsun,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Even when giving functional directives in historical administrative settings, speakers soften commands using humble phrasing like 'troubling' the other party to preserve dignity and mutual face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must trouble someone to; may I trouble you to
A polite, deferential formula used before making a request or delegating a task to someone of equal or higher status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Please tell Duke Pei.”
“to go to the city gate”
“Thank you for your concern.”
“But according to Prefect Gongsun,”
“for the loss of Wangcheng.”
“You don't need to worry about it.”