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乘

Chéng / chéng / shèng / chéng
HSK 5

English Meaning

(Chéng) surname Cheng | (chéng) to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed | (shèng) (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books | (chéng) old variant of 乘

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
再调几个姿色上乘的女人过来
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让他多准备些清酒

“Have him prepare plenty of sake.”

“And bring over a few top-quality women.”

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是

“Yes, sir.”

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当时有两百多名乘客 一块儿消失了 是它吧
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这不是一年前消失的客轮吗

“Isn't this the passenger liner that disappeared a year ago?”

“[Coast guard search finds only scattered wreckage.] Over 200 passengers vanished [Deadly reefs lurk beneath the emerald waves] [The century-old legend of vengeful spirits at Panhua Reef] [Mysterious waters swallow ships— dark clouds gather over Nanyang route] along with it back then— this is the one, right? [Panhua Reef Incident Alerts Multiple Parties] [Foreign shippers call for joint international investigation]”

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看来这一年在盘花海礁 失踪的船只

“Looks like all the ships that went missing around Panhua Reef”

《南部档案》 · legal_and_police
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县尊大人的乘龙快婿了
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💡 INTENT:

“You are powerful and influential now, so you easily have the power to help me out.”

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现今你们家宋砚马上就要成为

“now that your Song Yan is about to become”

“the County Magistrate's son-in-law,”

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那你答应让我那大孙子脱了劳役

“as for your promise of getting my eldest grandson out of corvée labor”

《逐玉》 · social_and_dating
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