你竟敢指责我们县尊大人
“You dare accuse our County Magistrate?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大胆
“How dare you!”
你 竟敢 指责我们县尊大人
“You dare accuse our County Magistrate?”
你们口口声声说是自己差点被杀
“You claim you were nearly killed,”
“Know your place; commoners have no right to question the magistrate.”
In imperial Chinese legal courts, hierarchy was absolute; criticizing or talking back to an official was regarded as an intolerable subversion of order.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dare to; have the audacity to
Commonly used in formal or dramatic registers to express outrage at insubordination.
Your/Our Respected County Magistrate
A formal, deferential honorific historically used by staff and commoners to refer to the county magistrate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to harm our County Magistrate?”
“I'm just following the County Magistrate's orders.”
“Please go to the County Magistrate”
“You are the magistrate of this county.”
“You think because you're locals, you can bully us outsiders?”
“I can only try to beg the Magistrate”