老奴当时也只当是他突遭横祸
“Back then, I only thought he met with sudden misfortune.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That eunuch died in the Prince of Duan's manor too, right?”
老奴 当时也只当是他 突遭横祸
“Back then, I only thought he met with sudden misfortune.”
可是现在想来 那么多金吾卫在场
“But thinking back now, with so many Imperial Guards there,”
“I was deceived at first, but looking back, his death was definitely foul play.”
Servants and eunuchs in ancient imperial China referred to themselves as 'laonu' (this old servant) to display total submission and loyalty to royalty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
suddenly meet with unexpected disaster or misfortune
A formal four-character idiom used to describe sudden tragedies or violent unexpected deaths.
merely assumed that; mistakenly thought that
Useful for explaining an earlier misconception that has since been corrected.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I apologize for my incompetence.”
“I'm just a servant, I can't make that call.”
“I'm only following orders.”
“I've done plenty of dirty work for you.”
“I wouldn't dare deceive the Emperor.”
“If I lied,”