总好过兵权被我夺走
“It's better than me taking the military power.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fan Changyu poses no threat to them.”
总 好过 兵权被我夺走
“It's better than me taking the military power.”
“Li Huai'an thought he was being clever”
“From their point of view, tolerating someone weak is far safer than letting me control the army.”
In historical Chinese governance, holding the military seal or command was paramount; rivals would accept significant concessions just to keep troops out of an opponent's hands.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at least better than / preferable to
A useful connective structure to compare an undesirable scenario against a far worse outcome.
to seize / to snatch away
A strong verb used when describing forcefully taking authority, power, or possession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He's a good soldier.”
“I should return military power to His Majesty.”
“We won!”
“still can't bear to part with that half of the military power.”
“This is good. I got this fighting the Japs at Xifengkou.”
“So long as there's no more war.”