还口口声声说是保护我们
“with the excuse of protecting us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but trapped us and Chu Chu in the palace”
还 口口声声说 是 保护我们
“with the excuse of protecting us.”
“They claim they are protecting us, but we all know we are just being held hostage.”
In historical Chinese political maneuvers, confining political pawns was often euphemistically framed as 'offering protection' to maintain diplomatic decorum.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
repeatedly saying; professing insistently
Used to describe someone repeatedly professing something, usually with a strong skeptical or disapproving connotation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You keep claiming you want to protect me,”
“You say you want to protect the people.”
“was her way of giving us a shield.”
“just to avenge us.”