那刘内侍曾被你刁难过 心怀怨恨
“Eunuch Liu had been humiliated by you before. He held a grudge,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You'd been investigating for days, exhausted, and fell asleep.”
那刘内侍曾被你 刁难 过 心怀怨恨
“Eunuch Liu had been humiliated by you before. He held a grudge,”
“so he made up a pack of lies and spread it everywhere”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Eunuchs (内侍) in dynastic China often wielded petty bureaucratic power and were notorious for nurturing vindictive grudges if slighted.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
harboring resentment; bearing a grudge
A formal four-character idiom useful for describing long-standing bitterness or vengeful motives.
to deliberately create difficulties for someone
Frequently used in workplace or social dynamics to describe petty obstructionism by someone with leverage.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Eunuch Liu was scared out of his wits!”
“What sin did the Liu family commit? [Wanted] [Notice]”
“Eunuch Sun, are you so convinced that I'll never get out of here?”
“at the Ministry of Personnel in Nanjing, a man of considerable influence.”
“But you allowed your inner circle to gamble openly.”
“Eunuch Guo, please lead the way. We must see His Majesty and give thanks in person.”