你在京城可以呼风唤雨
“You may wield great influence in the capital,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是京城
“not the Capital.”
你 在京城可以呼风唤雨
“You may wield great influence in the capital,”
但是这交州的事
“but affairs in Jiaozhou”
“You may be all-powerful back home, but here you have no jurisdiction.”
In Chinese administrative history, there was often friction between powerful central court emissaries and entrenched local frontier officials, captured in the saying 'the mountains are high and the emperor is far away'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wield immense power; summon wind and rain
An idiomatic expression describing someone with immense political, financial, or social clout.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“for you to appear in the Capital.”
“(You may write to me if you have any info on them)”
“then I'm afraid the capital will soon plunge into chaos.”
“The capital has those too.”
“floating above the Capital,”
“When you arrive in the capital, you don't need to tiptoe around others.”