南赵王是投石问路
“the King of Nanzhao was testing the waters.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
依你所言
“By your account,”
南赵王 是 投石问路
“the King of Nanzhao was testing the waters.”
可能我就是那块石头吧
“Perhaps I was merely the stone.”
“He is merely using this move as an expendable test to see how we react.”
Derived from martial arts and military strategy, this classic Chinese concept denotes probing the enemy's disposition without risking primary assets.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
testing the waters; probing the ground by casting a stone
A widely used idiom referring to making a tentative preliminary move to gauge reactions before taking real action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If the King of Nanzhao is willing to investigate the case,”
“(King of Nanzhao's illness suddenly turned serious.)”
“give us an explanation.”
“The King of Nanzhao suddenly passed away”
“Nanzhao values it no less, if not more.”
“Nanzhao didn't designate their target after all.”