已经容不下公孙家罢了
“could no longer tolerate the Gongsun family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只不过是当年龙椅上那位帝王
“It was just that the Emperor on the throne back then”
已经 容不下 公孙家 罢了
“could no longer tolerate the Gongsun family.”
公孙家的旁支
“The Gongsun branch family”
“Do not look for complicated pretexts; the emperor simply wanted to destroy that family.”
Throughout Chinese dynastic history, emperors frequently eliminated powerful ministerial families to centralize authority and eliminate threats to the throne.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to tolerate; cannot accommodate
Used metaphorically to describe a ruler, boss, or group being unwilling to permit a rival's continued presence.
merely...; that is all
Placed at the end of a clause to minimize significance or present an unvarnished conclusion.
Functions as a sentence-final particle expressing minimization, implying 'merely' or 'nothing more than this'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you must not see anyone from the Gongsun family again.”
“So you are holding back.”
“My family has 12 library buildings.”
“For you to come all this way, Mr. Gongsun,”
“should be arranged by the Duke of Song's family.”
“to defend the dignity of the Gao family.”