你们的事要紧 还是太后的事要紧啊
“The Empress Dowager meets him for urgent matters.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
郎君有事要办 可否回京后再去面见太后
“He has other things to do. Could that wait till he returns?”
你们的事 要紧 还是太后的事 要紧 啊
“The Empress Dowager meets him for urgent matters.”
不过没关系
“Anyway, you all may follow me into the palace.”
“How dare you put your trivial personal errands ahead of the Empress Dowager?”
In traditional court politics, sovereign commands unconditionally override all personal or private matters.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
important; critical; urgent
Used to describe matters of high stakes or immediate urgency in spoken contexts.
or (in alternative questions)
Standard marker used when offering a choice between two alternatives in an interrogative sentence.
Intensifies the rhetorical challenge, adding pressure on the addressee to concede.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“the Empress Dowager feared most had come true.”
“still require your decision, Your Majesty.”
“Why would I trouble Your Majesty?”
“Did something urgent happen again?”
“why don't you go to the Empress Dowager's chamber yourself and ask?”
“Why didn't you write such an important thing in the letter?”