我明面上也是太后一党
“I'm openly aligned with the Empress Dowager's faction.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
照道理
“By all accounts,”
我 明面上 也是 太后一党
“I'm openly aligned with the Empress Dowager's faction.”
他非但不拉拢我
“Yet he not only doesn't try to win me over,”
“Nominally, I'm on their side, so why are they treating me like an enemy?”
Chinese political and bureaucratic discourse frequently distinguishes between what is shown publicly on the surface versus actual covert loyalties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on the surface; publicly; ostensibly
Commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese to contrast overt appearances with hidden realities.
the same political faction or clique
Used in historical, political, or organizational contexts to describe group alignment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but also the Empress Dowager of our country.”
“Is it the Empress Dowager who opposes it,”
“want to be outshone by the previous Empress Dowager?”
“she fully believed the Empress Dowager was the chosen one.”
“the Empress Dowager's faction's power step by step.”
“Because I've always seen you as the real sovereign.”