反而最危险的教坊
“the most dangerous place, the Music Office,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是
“yet precisely because of that,”
反而 最危险的 教坊
“the most dangerous place, the Music Office,”
是灯下黑
“has become a blind spot.”
“The place you'd least expect them to hide is precisely where they are.”
The Jiaofang was an official imperial bureau housing female entertainers, often political offenders' kin; its public notoriety paradoxically makes it an ideal place to hide under plain sight ('灯下黑').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on the contrary; instead
Used to introduce an outcome or fact that runs opposite to general expectation or previous assumptions.
imperial music/entertainment bureau
A specific historical term referring to the state-run institute for musicians, performers, and courtesans in imperial dynasties.