可惜臣大字不识几个
“It's a pity I can barely read.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
写得真好
“Beautiful handwriting.”
可惜 臣 大字不识几个
“It's a pity I can barely read.”
就认识这俩
“[Maiden] [Man] I only recognize these two words.”
“I'd better pretend I can't read so I don't get dragged into court politics.”
In historical court environments, feigning illiteracy or simple-mindedness was often a survival mechanism for subordinates to avoid appearing threatening to superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
barely knowing a few characters; practically illiterate
A common idiom used colloquially or historically to downplay one's literacy, either literally or as deliberate self-deprecation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I truly have no solutions left.”
“[Act with Caution] I dared not claim credit publicly,”
“I dare not call myself a wise ruler,”
“yet none dare to investigate it too closely. So let me”
“so I didn't dare to present the report.”
“The Crown Prince is weak and incompetent.”