给他的侍卫下了软筋散
“who drugged his guards.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也是我
“It was also me”
给他的侍卫下了软筋散
“who drugged his guards.”
让他们在激战中
“So in the fierce battle,”
“I am the one who orchestrated your downfall from the inside, and you never even suspected it.”
'Ruanjinsan' is a classic literary poison in martial arts fiction that drains martial strength without taking lives, frequently used to stage betrayal.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to secretly administer muscle-weakening powder/poison
A quintessential wuxia/period drama trope referring to incapacitating opponents without killing them outright.
Marks the completion of the subversive action (drugging the guards).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“They drugged us heavily”
“Freshly mixed Softening Powder. Lucky you.”
“prepared a medicinal incense for him”
“I had Qingyu prepare salt packs for warm compress.”
“Weren't they given the muscle-weakening drug?”
“he is to return home for treatment.”