便再难怀子嗣了
“has made it impossible for her to bear more children.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but consuming too many medicinal compounds”
便 再难怀子嗣 了
“has made it impossible for her to bear more children.”
“Why would His Majesty prevent Her Highness from having more children?”
“Her fertility has been permanently ruined—she can never threaten the succession now.”
In imperial court culture, bearing offspring (子嗣) was paramount for a consort's political survival, making covert chemical sterilization a ruthless weapon in palace struggles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard to ever... again; scarcely possible anymore
A semi-formal or literary adverbial phrase expressing that something has become nearly impossible.
to conceive an heir; to bear offspring
Classical/formal terminology primarily used in period dramas or formal literature regarding lineage.
Indicates a permanent change of state into irreversible infertility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I promise.”
“We'll have a child.”
“Stop making baseless accusations.”
“Originally, we planned to have another child.”
“You won't have to bear children for them anymore.”
“Nothing more.”