你在交州隐姓埋名十余载
“You hid your identity in Jiaozhou for more than a decade.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
倒是快
“You are quick.”
你在交州隐姓埋名十余载
“You hid your identity in Jiaozhou for more than a decade.”
现在才查出来
“Finding out now”
“You thought you hid your past well, but I know exactly who you are.”
In historical narratives, stripping away an opponent's alias signifies total loss of anonymity and strategic vulnerability in court politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to conceal one's identity; to live incognito
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) describing someone deliberately hiding their true name and background to evade notice or danger.
over ten years
A formal, literary equivalent of 'more than ten years' (十年多), commonly heard in period dramas and high-register spoken Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and rush here in the dead of night?”
“Jiaozhou will survive against all odds”
“from being concealed out of fear,”
“and sacrificed their lives for the sake of Jiaozhou.”
“Now I have already shut myself away in Jiaozhou to reflect on my faults.”
“was that all the spies I sent to Jiaozhou were killed.”