两个凡人费尽心思布置了假狐妖
“Two mortals went to great lengths to set up a fake fox demon,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有意思
“Interesting.”
两个凡人 费尽心思 布置了假狐妖
“Two mortals went to great lengths to set up a fake fox demon,”
却没想到真狐妖冲了出来
“never expecting the real one to show up.”
“You foolish mortals thought you were being clever, but your little scheme is utterly pathetic.”
In Xianxia and fantasy lore, calling someone a mortal (凡人) highlights power asymmetry and dismisses human ingenuity as inherently weak.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to rack one's brains / to take great pains
Used to describe investing immense mental effort, often carrying an ironic nuance when the effort proves futile.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Using the fox demon's name”
“the fox demon was real.”
“Fox demon, I'll kill you!”
“he was branded as a victim of the fox demon murders.”
“and fabricated a fox demon”
“How did they end up offending a fox demon?”