燕麒是罪魁祸首 他自然不肯说
“Yan Qi is the mastermind. He naturally won't admit it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不放过又如何
“So what if he didn't?”
燕麒是 罪魁祸首 他自然 不肯说
“Yan Qi is the mastermind. He naturally won't admit it.”
冯沉碧也不敢说 圣上 又岂会自找麻烦
“Feng Chenbi dares not say anything either. His Majesty wouldn't create trouble for himself.”
“Stop hoping he will confess; he has everything to lose.”
In high-stakes political intrigue, conspirators maintain silence because admitting guilt directly challenges the imperial status quo.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the chief culprit / the main offender
A formal idiom used to pinpoint the root cause or primary ringleader behind a severe wrongdoing.
naturally unwilling to
Used to denote an inevitable, logical reaction under the circumstances.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Yan Qi, you bastard!”
“Yan Qi is such a conniving rat.”
“Yuqi, this time you came here.”
“You and Yuqi are my children.”
“There's a spy for Yan Qi at the gate. Go chase him away.”
“Dingqi gave him extremely good offers.”