燕迟做不了睿王的主
“Yan Chi has no control over Prince Rui.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这睿王父子向来不和
“Prince Rui and his son, Yan Chi, have never gotten along.”
燕迟做 不了 睿王的主
“Yan Chi has no control over Prince Rui.”
待时机成熟
“When the time is right,”
“Do not worry about Yan Chi; he has no actual authority over his father to stop our plans.”
In traditional patriarchal Chinese structures, a son fundamentally cannot overrule or dictate his father's decisions regardless of his own capability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to make decisions for someone; have no say over someone
A highly practical colloquial pattern used to express a lack of decision-making authority over someone or something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“there's nothing Yan Chi can do.”
“Yan Chi. I don't want to wait for some auspicious date anymore.”
“Yan Chi, it's war between us now!”
“Yan Chi, how dare you attack me?”
“But alas, Prince Rui lacks your foresight.”
“Prince Rui is not an inflexible man.”