满城才俊 怎会选我个瘸子
“With all the city's finest, why would she choose a cripple like me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可惜啊 定王英年早婚 不然也可以去选选驸马
“What a pity that Prince Ding married so young. Otherwise, he could have competed too.”
满城才俊 怎会选我 个 瘸子
“With all the city's finest, why would she choose a cripple like me?”
走吧
“Let's go.”
“Do not be ridiculous; someone with my disability would never be considered.”
Candidates chosen to marry imperial princesses were held to extraordinarily strict standards regarding lineage, appearance, talent, and physical wholeness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
talented and outstanding youths all over the city
A literary phrase referring to an abundance of eligible, gifted young men in the capital.
how could; why would
A rhetorical marker indicating that the following proposition is impossible or absurd.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's the only one in the entire capital.”
“and stirred the entire city into chaos.”
“- The entire city heard about it. -Something happened at the Directorate of Astronomy!”
“He won't follow Rongcheng's rules.”
“I'm famous in the capital. Those nobles spend lavishly”
“all over Shengcheng. I can't fall behind.”