久旱逢甘霖 好
“after a long drought. Very nice.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
殿下此举 对下官不啻为
“Your Highness, this gesture of yours actually felt to me like refreshing rain”
久旱逢甘霖 好
“after a long drought. Very nice.”
郑府尹筹谋巡防一事 日夜操劳
“Prefect Zheng, you've been working tirelessly on the patrol arrangements.”
“I appreciate your apt praise of my timely intervention.”
Subordinates in imperial bureaucracy frequently deployed celebrated classical four-character idioms to flatter patrons without sounding vulgar.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sweet rain falling after a prolonged drought; long-awaited timely relief
A famous classical idiom describing immense relief when desperately needed assistance finally arrives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to relieve the people from drought.”
“The droughts and floods over these years”
“Seriously. The rich get richer, and the poor poorer.”
“Growing quite well. Looks like the harvest this year should be good.”
“we shouldn't let the benefits go to outsiders.”
“and with favorable weather these past two years, they should have grain reserves.”