令他与太子手足相残
“forcing him to turn against his own brother, the Crown Prince?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为何要让成王去查宋希闻之死
“So why would he have Prince Cheng investigate Song Xiwen's death,”
令他与太子 手足相残
“forcing him to turn against his own brother, the Crown Prince?”
还有燕离
“And Yan Li.”
“The goal is to force them into a brutal conflict where they destroy each other.”
Chinese culture equates siblings to one's own hands and feet ('shouzu'); mutual harm between them is viewed as especially unnatural and tragic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
fratricidal strife; brothers killing one another
A formal idiom used to describe tragic or ruthless internecine warfare between siblings or close kin.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Greetings, Your Highness. The situation is critical. I'm afraid you'll have to put up with this.”
“How could I compare myself with Your Highness?”