黎王一案 已让你分身乏术了
“Prince Li's case has already occupied all your time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
臣定会仔细审问 绝不放纵
“Your Majesty, I'll carefully interrogate and show no leniency.”
黎王一案 已让你 分身乏术 了
“Prince Li's case has already occupied all your time.”
此案 就交给京兆府继续审查吧
“This case shall be left to Jingzhao Prefecture.”
“You have your hands full, so step aside and let someone else handle this.”
In traditional Chinese bureaucratic hierarchy, superiors frequently relieve subordinates of power or investigation duties under the polite pretext of caring for their health or workload.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to be in two places at once; overwhelmed with duties
A sophisticated idiomatic expression used in workplace and formal settings to describe being completely swamped.
the case of ...
Standard administrative and legal formula used when naming a specific trial, scandal, or investigation.
Indicates a newly emerged reality or threshold where the listener is visibly overtaxed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who'd have thought Prince Li intended to rebel behind our backs?”
“It seems Prince Li fled via the secret canal. What do you plan to do?”
“How is Princess Li?”
“Princess Li was already heartbroken over Prince Li's death.”
“What happened? Where is Prince Li?”
“I'm counting on you for Ye Jian's case—”