我现在可是皇后 是她们的大姐头
“I'm the Empress now, their boss.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“just to do this? Or what else?”
我现在 可是 皇后 是她们的 大姐头
“I'm the Empress now, their boss.”
你在前朝胸怀天下
“You care about the empire in court,”
“You rule the empire out there, but I run things back here, so let me handle it.”
In imperial China, statecraft was divided strictly between the emperor's outer court (qianchao) and the empress's inner palace (hougong), where the empress exercised matriarchal authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
female boss / big sister leader
A colloquial, slightly humorous term for an authoritative female leader who looks after a group.
I am currently, after all / don't forget that I am now
Used with emphatic 可是 to highlight a status or condition that validates the speaker's claim.
Acts as an emphatic adverb within the clause to stress the speaker's newly acquired status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you still calling her "Your Majesty?" You should change how you address her”
“Her Majesty has been teaching us lots of exercises lately. They're all actually fun.”
“From today, she will serve the Imperial Army.”