我哥当时都收了别的徒弟
“Even my brother took in other apprentices,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“They said no woman had ever been a coroner.”
我哥当时都收了别的徒弟
“Even my brother took in other apprentices,”
都不肯带我
“but wouldn't take me.”
“Even my own flesh and blood took strangers under his wing rather than teach me just because I'm a girl.”
Traditional Chinese trades relied on master-disciple lineages that were historically passed down strictly through male lines, excluding female family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take on an apprentice
Standard phrase referring to traditional master-apprentice mentorship models.
at that time; back then
Standard temporal marker for setting past narrative context.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I took in a good disciple.”
“(Tomb of Gou Cunzhong) With Master and the brothers there,”
“Do you take apprentices?”
“My mentor does have a cousin.”
“My disciple isn't bad either.”
“decided not to accept you as a disciple—”