不如直接问 此事是不是与本侯有关
“Just ask directly if this has anything to do with me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
何必拐弯抹角
“No need to be evasive.”
不如直接问 此事 是不是 与本侯 有关
“Just ask directly if this has anything to do with me.”
太后 陛下 张恒远为官十余载
“Your Majesties. Zhang Hengyuan has served as an official for over ten years,”
“Stop beating around the bush—if you dare suspect me, accuse me to my face.”
While court decorum emphasizes subtlety, high-ranking nobles often strategically demand total directness to intimidate accusers and seize conversational control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ask directly / be straightforward
Used to demand frankness and cut through evasive questioning.
to be related to / connected with...
Standard syntactic structure for establishing connection or involvement in an incident.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Could Young Lady Qingyan be connected to this case?”
“There's no good way to ask something like that.”
“[sighs] What does he have to do with this?”
“This involves case details. I can't disclose it. Don't ask.”
“What does my own business have to do with others?”
“What does this have to do with me?”