便愈发地想要离开这深宫
“and wanted even more to leave this deep palace.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她发觉自己怀有身孕
“she realized she was pregnant”
便 愈发 地 想要 离开 这深宫
“and wanted even more to leave this deep palace.”
玉书 你…
“Yushu…”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, palace maidens and consorts saw pregnancy not only as an honor but as a perilous trap attracting poisonings and fatal palace conspiracies, driving some to flee.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all the more; increasingly
A literary adverb used to describe a growing trend, intensity, or desire.
deep palace; the secluded and treacherous imperial palace
A standard literary trope evoking the confinement, secrecy, and mortal danger of imperial harem life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Should I cower within the palace walls,”
“the palace treats me much differently now.”
“you should have kicked me out of the palace in the first place, ♪ Why so many laments echo in the wind ♪”
“would be driven out of the palace”
“nor should I have let him flee the palace.”
“then do not come looking for me again.”