难为世子还留了这么多年
“Keeping it all these years has been no mean feat, Your Highness.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“This was the only scrap we found in the ruins.”
难为 世子还留了 这么多年
“Keeping it all these years has been no mean feat, Your Highness.”
上次谢燕来在船上 一提到魏家村 便慌了心神
“When Xie Yanlai was on the ship, he lost his composure the moment the Wei Village was mentioned.”
“He went out of his way to preserve this junk, which proves it holds a vital secret.”
Preserving obscure childhood or village objects often signifies an unsevered tie to past events or trauma, crucial in political investigation tropes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how considerate/troublesome of someone to; to someone's credit
Used to comment on someone going to surprising or unexpected lengths to do something.
kept (it) for so many years
Common expression to highlight the unexpected duration an item or memory has been retained.
Marks the continuation of an action that has accumulated up to the present moment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As long as the Heir Apparent is in their hands,”
“your Heir Apparent won't have an heir anymore!”
“your Heir Apparent won't have an heir anymore!”
“Whether he's an heir apparent or not,”
“Now, I've made a bitter enemy of His Highness's right-hand man.”
“If anything happens to the Heir Apparent,”