就算那端王是个纸片人
“Even if Prince Duan is a 2D character,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没什么胜算
“I don't have much of a chance.”
就算 那端王是个 纸片人
“Even if Prince Duan is a 2D character,”
手腕也比我强百倍
“he's 100 times more capable than me.”
“Even at his weakest, he is vastly superior to me.”
Using contemporary internet slang like 'paper character' in reference to traditional titles shows genre-crossing, typical of modern time-travel or meta-fiction dramas.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even though
A common conjunction used to introduce a hypothetical concession, often paired with '也' in the following clause.
2D character / paper figure
Modern internet slang referring to fictional anime or game characters, metaphorically used here to mean flat, weak, or unreal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“we might all just be 2D characters in Prince Duan's eyes.”
“This Prince Duan is not a fool.”
“We thought Prince Duan was formidable,”
“I am a real 2D character?”
“Only Prince Duan can do it. That's what I thought.”
“A 2D character couldn't possibly be this magnanimous.”