是她让本王这般告诉你的
“She asked me to say that to you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我生母早就死了吗
“my biological mother was long dead?”
是她让本王这般告诉你的
“She asked me to say that to you.”
小心烫
“Be careful, it's hot.”
“Do not blame me for lying to you; I was merely honoring her final wish.”
Imperial and royal figures in traditional China used specific self-referential terms like 'benwang' to reinforce social hierarchy and aristocratic authority even during intimate revelations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this king, this prince (royal self-reference)
Exclusively used by royalty or feudal princes in historical Chinese period dramas to refer to themselves.
in this manner, like this
A literary or classical demonstrative adverb equivalent to modern 'zheyang'.
Emphasizes the agent and circumstances under the cleft 'shi...de' construction.