就算你骑不得马 使不得刀 也要好好读读兵书
“Even if you can't ride a horse, or wield a sword, you should still learn military texts.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
全是些奇技淫巧
“Tricks and gadgets.”
就算 你 骑不得马 使不得刀 也要好好读读兵书
“Even if you can't ride a horse, or wield a sword, you should still learn military texts.”
我们武勋 靠什么安身立命 靠的是实实在在的军功
“What do we martial nobles rely on? Real military merit!”
“You may be physically weak, but you cannot be completely useless to our military house.”
Noble families built on military merit placed immense pressure on male heirs to maintain military competence and honor the ancestral lineage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if... still must...
A fundamental concessive correlative used to set minimum expectations regardless of adverse conditions.
to settle down and establish one's life
A formal idiom used to describe the fundamental livelihood or existential foundation of a person or family.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you must be familiar with military classics.”
“But you've been riding all day. I'm not that delicate.”
“I can't wait to go horseback riding.”
“I haven't read many books on war,”
“Ride slowly! Be careful on the road! Okay! Hyah!”
“The carriage is ready. Get in the carriage.”