对所见所闻都信以为真罢了
“She trusts everything she sees and hears.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她只是心性简单
“She is just naive.”
对所见所闻都 信以为真 罢了
“She trusts everything she sees and hears.”
这是毒胭脂
“This rouge contains poison.”
“She did not conspire with anyone; she was merely naive enough to be fooled.”
In Chinese palace dramas, being simple-minded and taking things at face value is considered both an endearing purity and a fatal vulnerability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take something as true; to accept at face value
A set idiomatic phrase (chengyu) describing someone naively believing a falsehood or appearance.
what one sees and hears; one's observations
A formal four-character expression referring to personal sensory experiences or observed events.
Downplays the severity of the situation, functioning similarly to 'nothing more' or 'merely'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that everything you saw may have been an illusion,”
“I only believe what I've seen with my own eyes.”
“Does truth represent the whole picture?”
“genuinely trust you, too.”
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“Or are the rumors true?”