那权力熏天哪
“and had immense power.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只听命于先帝一个人
“It answered only to the late Emperor,”
那 权力熏天 哪
“and had immense power.”
后来成庆王之乱 牵扯到了刑道司
“Later, the rebellion of Prince Chengqing implicated the Penal Court.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese dynastic history, agencies answering directly only to the emperor (like the Ming dynasty's Jinyiwei) wielded immense, terrifying influence beyond standard legal oversight.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
possessing overwhelming, unchecked power
A vivid literary-derived four-character idiom (adapted from 权势熏天) used to describe dangerously dominant political authority.
Adds exclamation and heightens the emotional intensity of the speaker's awe.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Your power has already been mostly stripped away by the Empress Dowager.”
“No one can resist the allure of power,”
“step by step to the center of power.”
“What you want is power,”
“So I had to hold power in my own hands.”
“It depends on how you use it. So in the end, you just want power.”