送离西京 谈何容易啊？
“and send her away, you think that would be easy?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但想悄无声息地 把一个御妻带出灵宫殿
“but to secretly move an imperial consort”
送离西京 谈何容易 啊？
“and send her away, you think that would be easy?”
你这一路上
“During this process,”
“You are underestimating how impossible and dangerous this operation really is.”
Palace precincts in imperial China were heavily guarded; moving an unauthorized person outside carried severe penalties, including treason.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
easier said than done; far from easy
A common rhetorical idiom used to stress that an undertaking involves massive obstacles.
Enhances the rhetorical force and emotional weight of the question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So… I stayed here instead.”
“I guess he left the capital to relax.”
“left the Western Capital to seek death.”
“You came all the way from the Western Capital”
“I've never taken a single step beyond the Western Capital.”
“Western Capital isn't a place for you.”