什么都瞒不过圣上
“Nothing gets past Your Majesty.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you have something to say?”
什么都瞒不过 圣上
“Nothing gets past Your Majesty.”
那孩子的事 圣上也一定知道了
“About that child's situation, Your Majesty must know already.”
“You see right through everything, so there is no point in trying to hide the truth anymore.”
Praising a ruler's inability to be deceived is a common court strategy to show submission, soften potential punishment, and demonstrate transparency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot hide from / cannot fool
A potential complement structure used when someone's sharp insight makes deception impossible.
everything / anything
Used with negative verbs to express total inclusivity, meaning 'absolutely nothing'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Nothing escapes you.”
“I guess I cannot hide anything from you.”
“But it won't last long.”
“you've been hiding from me.”
“And you kept it from me all this time.”
“How can we hide it from him?”