天底下谁不知道 圣上要查东南盐运
“Everyone knows His Majesty is investigating the southeast salt transport.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
天底下 谁不知道 圣上要查东南盐运
“Everyone knows His Majesty is investigating the southeast salt transport.”
你先是避而不见 后又火急火燎地上赶着
“First, you avoided them. Then you were desperate for a meeting.”
“Stop pretending; everyone knows what the Emperor is doing and why you are panicking.”
Salt transport was a lucrative state monopoly in imperial China, frequently entangled with massive corruption, bureaucratic factions, and central imperial investigations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who under heaven doesn't know; everybody knows
A rhetorical phrase used to emphasize that a fact or truth is common knowledge to all.
the Emperor; His Majesty
A formal historical honorific used to refer to the reigning emperor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who in the world would dare make him do that?”
“Modest? Come on. If anyone complains about our cooking again,”
“Everyone else is trying to climb the ranks.”
“Your Majesty, what's that over there?”
“as Ran anymore.”
“To achieve peace in the world, being an official is not the only way.”