这御用监一职 素来炙手可热
“a post in the Directorate of Imperial Supplies has always been highly sought-after.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
吴兄 您看 田兄
“Mr. Wu, look... Mr. Tian,”
这御用监一职 素来 炙手可热
“a post in the Directorate of Imperial Supplies has always been highly sought-after.”
你拿不出来
“If you can't pay it,”
“This post is far too valuable for you to acquire cheaply; you need to pay up.”
Official court appointments often involved lucrative backroom bargaining, where positions carrying bureaucratic influence commanded high bribes or political favors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hot property; intensely sought-after; enjoying great power and popularity
A classic four-character idiom used to describe highly coveted positions, trending people, or influential figures.
always; traditionally; all along
A formal adverb frequently used in written or formal spoken Chinese to denote an enduring track record.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and help me secure the post in the Directorate of Imperial Household?”
“how can the small Directorate of Imperial Household possibly keep you?”
“A post in the Directorate of Imperial Household is indeed vacant.”
“That Eunuch Chen from the Directorate of Imperial Supplies turned his back on me, claiming”
“I am here to show you”
“Now, he's already the regent.”