谁曾想因为一个护院栽了跟头
“Who'd have thought he'd stumble over a guard?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
想方设法 攀上了穆阳侯 此人丧尽天良 嚣张跋扈
“he found a way to latch onto Marquis Muyang. This man is utterly heartless, arrogant and overbearing.”
谁曾想 因为一个护院 栽了跟头
“Who'd have thought he'd stumble over a guard?”
对
“Right.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese culture frequently relishes poetic justice when mighty, ruthless figures meet ruin through an unexpected minor adversary.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
who would have thought / unexpectedly
A rhetorical phrase used to introduce an ironic or completely unforeseen turn of events.
suffered a setback / met one's downfall
A vivid colloquial idiom meaning to stumble or fail significantly.
