他明知道你对我们起了杀心
“He knows you intend to kill us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不敢出宫
“and dares not leave the palace.”
他 明知道 你对我们 起了杀心
“He knows you intend to kill us,”
却还是派我这个弱女子前去
“yet still sends me, a mere woman, to go”
“He knows very well you want us dead, and he is setting me up anyway.”
In historical Chinese dramas, powerful figures frequently sacrifice pawns knowingly to test loyalty or provoke an adversary into making a mistake.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
clearly knowing full well
Used to criticize someone for deliberately doing something despite being fully aware of the facts or consequences.
harbor murderous intent
A dramatic expression often found in historical or suspense contexts to describe developing a desire to kill.