于是他假借送夫人回乡待产
“So, while pretending to escort Madam to her hometown before labor,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
夫人已经怀了燕离
“Madam was already pregnant with Yan Li.”
于是他 假借 送夫人 回乡待产
“So, while pretending to escort Madam to her hometown before labor,”
“he was secretly rushing to the capital to deliver the message.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Returning to an ancestral village for childbirth was a culturally sacred and legitimate reason for travel in imperial China, making it an ideal cover story.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
under the pretext of; taking advantage of
A formal written or elevated spoken idiom used to indicate using an excuse to conceal one's real agenda.
to await childbirth
A clinical or formal term describing an expectant mother waiting in anticipation of delivery.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I married into his family and became his wife”
“Can't fake it this time.”
“And because I refused to marry him,”
“in truth to avoid his wife”
“If the Marchioness finds out,”
“Why are you spacing out? Escort her back.”