这权势既来之不易
“Power, once gained,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“just provided a convenient excuse.”
这权势既 来之不易
“Power, once gained,”
那你便好好守着吧
“you should hold tightly.”
“You struggled so hard to get this power, and it can just as easily slip through your fingers.”
In classical Chinese power dynamics, acquiring high status often exposes a person to heightened scrutiny and vulnerability, making holding onto power a precarious ordeal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard-won; not easily obtained
A common formal idiom used to emphasize that an achievement, asset, or victory took immense effort to secure.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When such a hard-won opportunity”
“No one can resist the allure of power,”
“Disagreement in policy and struggle for power are reason enough.”
“I may seem to hold a high position”
“are nothing but pawns to be sacrificed.”
“was unshakable.”