早就被蛀空了
“corroded from within a long time ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
咱们俩缠斗足足20年 你舍命相守的大楚
“We've been fighting for two decades. The state you've guarded with your life”
早就 被蛀空了
“corroded from within a long time ago.”
朝臣倾轧 连质子
“Their ministers scheme against each other. KING OF NORTHERN DESERT Even a hostage dares”
“Your loyalty is futile because what you are defending is already rotten to the core.”
A central trope in traditional Chinese historical thought: empires collapse rarely from foreign invasion alone, but because internal corruption (蛀空) rots the foundation first.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
long ago; as early as
Use this adverb to emphasize that an event took place or a state became true way ahead of the expected time.
eaten hollow by worms/termites; corrupted from within
Metaphorically applied to institutions, organizations, or health that look fine outside but are decayed inside.
Marks a completed change of state, stressing that the decay is already an established, irreversible reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“is already rotten.”
“had already decayed beyond saving.”
“have long been eaten away by snakes and rats.”
“is all dead branches.”
“has long been riddled with holes.”
“has long been riddled with their infiltration.”
“lurks a heart long rotten”