但臣能帮你瞒得了一时
“I can only help you conceal it”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
脉象本就不易察觉
“and your pulse is not easy to detect.”
但臣能 帮你 瞒得了一时
“I can only help you conceal it”
瞒不了一世
“temporarily.”
“I can buy you a little time, but you cannot hide this forever.”
Officials addressing imperial royalty refer to themselves as 'chen' (minister/servant) to show absolute deference even when giving critical warnings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to hide or conceal something temporarily
Commonly paired with '瞒不了一世' to express that a deception can only work for a limited time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You kept this well hidden.”
“How long can you hide this from those two?”
“How can we hide it from him?”
“Think you can hide them?”
“Is it really good to keep it from him?”
“that you couldn't conceal the truth forever.”