聂氏掌控离教数十年
“The Nie clan controlled the sect for decades.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是另有密道
“that there is a secret passage?”
聂氏 掌控 离教 数十年
“The Nie clan controlled the sect for decades.”
狡兔三窟
“A cunning rabbit has three burrows.”
“Do not underestimate them; an organization under their grip for this long surely has multiple escape plans.”
Decades of autocratic rule within a traditional faction allow a clan to build secret physical and political escape networks, reflected by the idiom 'crafty rabbit with three burrows' that follows.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to control; to hold power over
A formal transitive verb used to denote commanding authority over groups, organizations, or territory.
several decades
A classical/formal way to express a duration of many tens of years.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Sadly, none within the sect could restrain the Nie clan.”
“The Li Sect will belong to Nie clan from now on.”
“Who will control the sect is still uncertain.”
“eventually taking it as his own.”
“I won't let our 200-year legacy”
“Subduing Li Sect followers is nothing to him,”