那些奴才们看人下菜碟
“and those servants are taking advantage of it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
最近陛下都不来了
“His Majesty hasn't come to see you lately,”
那些奴才们 看人下菜碟
“and those servants are taking advantage of it.”
把咱们的东西都搬走一大半呢
“They've taken away more than half of our things.”
“These opportunistic underlings treat us like garbage the second we fall out of favor.”
Reflects the ruthless reality of imperial courts where servants flatter the favored and openly bully the disgraced to align with power.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat people differently depending on their status or perceived usefulness; to be snobbish
A very common colloquial idiom criticizing someone for being opportunistic and discriminatory.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I truly don't know.”
“Then I'll truly be left with no hope.”
“I lost control in the moment of urgency.”
“Do not let my mistakes”
“our heads would be on the block!”
“I must make the right choice.”