还有谁比得过城主呢
“nobody can do it better than Your Excellency, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过说到深藏不露
“Speaking of remaining hidden,”
还有谁 比得过 城主呢
“nobody can do it better than Your Excellency, right?”
城主昨晚睡在夫人家中 是因为我传的那范家
“Last night, Your Excellency slept at Her Ladyship's place. It was because of the note I passed onto you,”
“Nobody hides their motives better than the City Lord.”
In hierarchical power structures, framing leaders as supreme even in their calculating traits is a common way to acknowledge authority without direct criticism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to hide one's great talent or true motives behind a modest facade
A chengyu used to describe someone shrewd who conceals their true abilities, intentions, or power.
can compare to, can surpass
A potential complement structure used to express competitive capability.
Softens the rhetorical question while emphasizing the speaker's implied certainty that no one else compares.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“better than anyone else.”
“As Governor, I must warn you:”
“He clearly has no regard for Your Excellency.”
“Governor.”
“and what I think about every day?”
“Even as the governor, I'm not entirely confident.”