他房间熏香淡雅 他可看不上艾草
“And his room had only a delicate scent. He'd never use mugwort.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I checked. There's no mugwort in his courtyard.”
他房间熏香淡雅 他可 看不上 艾草
“And his room had only a delicate scent. He'd never use mugwort.”
“Someone's trying to pin Hanxiao's death on Hu Da.”
“Someone with his refined taste would never touch common mugwort—he's clearly being set up.”
In traditional China, refined, delicate incense blends symbolized elite taste and social distinction, whereas raw mugwort was viewed as a crude, common folk herb used mainly to repel insects.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
delicate and elegant / subtle and refined
A sophisticated adjective frequently applied to scents, tastes, decor, or aesthetics that are subtle rather than overpowering.
to look down upon / to consider unworthy of oneself
A very useful colloquial phrase used to indicate that someone scorns or deems an object, person, or standard far below their taste.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I checked. There's no mugwort in his courtyard.”
“with super strong incense. There must be something off.”
“Qinxiang has long been accustomed to human indifference.”
“No wonder the whole hallway smells like moxibustion.”
“That repulsive scent on you is something”
“Do you burn incense in your room?”