这些臣子天天把他当蠢货
“These ministers treat him like a fool every day,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是啊
“Indeed.”
这些臣子 天天 把他 当蠢货
“These ministers treat him like a fool every day,”
“and he has to deal with each of them while pretending to be one.”
“The officials are arrogantly underestimating him, and it is exhausting having to play along.”
In Chinese political history, rulers or heirs often pretend to be incapable or foolish to lower enemies' guard and survive dangerous factional power plays.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat someone like an idiot / fool
Used informally to describe someone being belittled or taken for a naive fool.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“what will your ambitious courtiers”
“How can you blame me?”
“I merely used a trivial trick.”
“Only incompetent emperors suspect their subjects.”
“and the ministers coming and going.”
“and wait on them like a slave.”