王爷公私分明令在下佩服
“Your Highness draws a clear line between duty and feeling. I admire that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
和楚楚商议家事
“and settle it as a family matter.”
王爷 公私分明令在下佩服
“Your Highness draws a clear line between duty and feeling. I admire that.”
“If I treated Leng Yue that way...”
“You are way too rigid and unromantic with the person you like.”
Close friends in Chinese historical dramas often use high-register formal formulas to lightly mock each other's rigidity in personal relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
strictly separating public and private interests
A common four-character idiom praising someone who acts fairly and never lets personal feelings compromise professional duties.
earns my utmost respect
A traditional, polite way to praise someone; can be used sincerely or with lighthearted sarcasm among friends.
