第一才女又如何
“So what if I used to be the most talented lady?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
举头空羡榜中名
“Looking up, I can only admire the chosen scholars on the list.”
第一 才 女 又如何
“So what if I used to be the most talented lady?”
没有了太后的庇佑
“Without the Empress Dowager's protection,”
“Her fancy reputation is useless now that she has no political protector.”
In imperial palace struggles, individual literary merit or fame meant little without the direct political protection (庇佑) of powerful figures like the Empress Dowager.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so what; what does it matter
A rhetorical phrase used to challenge the relevance, validity, or threat of an opposing fact or status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tell me about the new authors first.”
“Women excel in different fields. Why compare them with one another?”
“you were once the most reputed lady of talent in the dynasty.”
“(is this the first time you've heard)”
“So, it's Zhao”
“I'm new here, so I do lack some good stories.”