我以为王爷一直把我当作一个奴婢
“I thought you always saw me as a servant,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Your Highness… I thought you were unaware of my feelings.”
我以为 王爷一直 把 我 当作 一个奴婢
“I thought you always saw me as a servant,”
一个侍妾应该做的本分
“a concubine bound by duty.”
“I never dared to believe you cared about me as a real person rather than a disposable servant.”
In traditional aristocratic households, lower-ranked concubines (侍妾) lived under extreme hierarchical vulnerability, often perceiving themselves or acting as mere servants to survive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to treat as; to regard as
Used to describe viewing or handling someone or something as having an alternate or lower identity.
bondmaid; humble female slave
A historical self-deprecating noun and first-person pronoun used by female servants and lower concubines before royal superiors.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(But I mistook His Highness for a test)”
“Are you using me to force His Highness to obey?”
“Your Highness, your sacrifice”
“(I never expected that, just to make up for my regret,)”
“Your Highness… I thought you were unaware of my feelings.”
“His Highness is busy every day and handles important cases that concern people's lives.”