即便是圣上突然改口
“Even if Your Majesty suddenly changed your mind”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“like Grand Tutor Li's grandson, Discipline Inspector Li.”
即便是 圣上 突然 改口
“Even if Your Majesty suddenly changed your mind”
将长公主嫁于他人之事
“about marrying the Princess Royal to someone else,”
“Even with supreme imperial power altering the deal, this outcome remains astonishing and difficult to accept.”
Imperial decrees regarding royal marriages were theoretically absolute, yet sudden reversals by the emperor disrupted aristocratic alliances and ignited fierce behind-the-scenes political maneuvering.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even though
A formal conjunction used in written or elevated spoken Chinese to introduce an extreme concessive condition.
to change one's words / to reverse what one previously said
Used when an individual or an authority figure suddenly reverses their declared stance or verbal commitment.
