恩宠十余年不衰 靠的是谁？
“and keep His Majesty's favor for over ten years? Who backed him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那崔悯忠原只是个市井无赖 如今能做到右相之位
“Cui Minzhong was just a street thug. How did he reach the rank of Right Chancellor”
恩宠十余年不衰 靠的 是谁 ？
“and keep His Majesty's favor for over ten years? Who backed him?”
倒了一个崔悯忠 还有崔悯东、崔悯西
“Bring down one Cui Minzhong, and there'll always be another.”
“Do not act so independent—without our backing, you would be nothing.”
High office in imperial times was rarely merit-based alone; enduring power required constant royal grace (恩宠) and powerful factional patrons behind the scenes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
imperial favor / royal grace
Specifically denotes the benevolent favor bestowed by an emperor or imperial superior upon a subject or concubine.
more than ten years
A formal way to state an approximate duration of over a decade.
unfading / unwaning
Literary collocation describing power, vitality, or favor that does not diminish over time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So what if His Majesty favors her?”
“Who would give charity for over a decade”
“I'll go ask the Empress Dowager to grant us permission to marry.”
“And whatever the Empress Dowager did, she gave her full support.”
“have raised you for a decade.”
“Could it be that His Majesty's great favor”