那真是少之又少
“were truly very few.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她们能得到皇上的宠幸
“those who could win the Emperor's favor”
那 真是 少之又少
“were truly very few.”
没有得到
“Those who did not receive”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In the imperial harem, receiving the Emperor's favor was the sole path to survival and prestige, yet realistically accessible to only a minuscule fraction of women.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
few and far between; exceptionally rare
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or spoken Chinese to underline extreme scarcity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“are exceedingly few.”
“♪ Never mind fate dyes white crimson red ♪ are very few indeed.”
“in our treasury now.”
“Pingshu's kindness.”
“were already running dry.”