自己咒自己 不吉利啊 托孤？
“I don't want to jinx myself. Deathbed entrustment?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你是聪明人 说多了那就成托孤了
“You're a smart man. If I go on, it'll sound like a deathbed entrustment.”
自己咒自己 不吉利 啊 托孤？
“I don't want to jinx myself. Deathbed entrustment?”
你要是再不跟着她 她可就出宫了
“Shouldn't you go after her? She's nearly out of the palace now.”
“Don't speak of death or utter bad omens so lightly.”
Traditional Chinese culture strongly warns against speaking casually of one's own death or misfortune, believing spoken words hold ominous power to manifest.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
inauspicious / bad luck
Frequently used to call out taboo words or unlucky actions that violate cultural superstition.
entrusting an orphan / making final guardianship arrangements
A weighty historical idiom referring to a dying parent or ruler entrusting a child or successor to a loyal advisor.
Emphasizes the exclamation and emotional urgency of warning against bad luck.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What a vicious spell.”
“Did I not tell you not to divine for him?”
“(Did he) (get the Deliverance)”
“Maybe it's a curse.”
“I can't bring bad luck to your home.”
“If it weren't for that talisman,”