你不过是一个执行诏令的令尹
“Your duty is merely to enforce edicts.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
质子归巢 当想到有这一天 谢燕芳
“When the hostage left, you should have foreseen this day. Xie Yanfang!”
你 不过是一个 执行诏令的令尹
“Your duty is merely to enforce edicts.”
轮不到你在这儿置喙军务 你这才是越俎代庖
“You have no say in military affairs. This is a real overreach of authority!”
“Know your place; you are just a bureaucratic clerk with no right to lecture me.”
Drawing strict lines between civil administrators and military commanders was a classic power tactic in imperial Chinese court politics to neutralize political adversaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
merely a; nothing more than a
Used to minimize someone's stature, status, or role in an argumentative or belittling context.