又怎会色令智昏到以身犯险
“be so blinded by lust as to take such risks?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他一个混迹于花楼私窑的纨绔
“How could a playboy who frequents brothels”
又怎会 色令智昏 到 以身犯险
“be so blinded by lust as to take such risks?”
这府中上下 皆知我在帮殿下办案
“Everyone in the mansion knows I'm handling this case for His Highness.”
“A pampered playboy like him loves his neck too much to commit such a dangerous crime just for a woman.”
In Chinese narrative conventions, dissolute sons of aristocracy (纨绔) are viewed as pleasure-seeking and faint-hearted, making self-endangering bravery or high-stakes murder uncharacteristic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
blinded by lust; losing one's judgment over sexual desire
A formal idiom used to describe reckless or irrational decisions caused by infatuation.
to risk one's own life or safety
A high-register chengyu used to describe exposing oneself to serious danger or severe consequences.
