害得本世子在这蹲半天
“They made me squat here for ages!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“These two men from the Qin family are really stirring up trouble.”
害得 本世子 在这 蹲半天
“They made me squat here for ages!”
我得找个地方松快松快
“I need to go somewhere to relax.”
“I am a nobleman, and it is humiliating and exhausting to crouch around doing menial spying because of these troublemakers.”
In imperial China, an heir apparent of a marquis or prince referred to himself as 'Ben Shizi', emphasizing his high social status even when engaging in informal or uncomfortable activities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
causing so much trouble that / resulting in
Used before an undesirable outcome to place blame on someone or something.
I, the prince / this noble heir
A haughty, self-referential archaic pronoun used exclusively by the designated heir to a noble title in costume dramas.
for ages / a long time
Literally 'half a day', but colloquially used hyperbolically to emphasize that an activity took uncomfortably long.
