是在下鼠目寸光了
“I was short-sighted.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
原来少君早就筛选过
“So, you've filtered them out.”
是 在下 鼠目寸光 了
“I was short-sighted.”
你与上官都是心软之人
“You and Shangguan are both soft-hearted.”
“You were so far ahead of me; I feel embarrassed that I doubted or failed to understand your plan.”
In traditional Chinese etiquette, exaggerating one's own ignorance or lack of foresight is an effective way to highlight the superior wisdom and honor of the addressee.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
shortsighted; narrow-minded; lacking vision
A vivid four-character idiom meaning to see only an inch ahead like a rat; frequently used to criticize short-sightedness or in polite self-deprecation.
this humble person (formal self-reference)
A polite, modest first-person pronoun used predominantly in historical and martial arts contexts by men.
Indicates a newly realized state of comprehension and finalized admission of error.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're short-sighted. You'll let your mom down.”
“(Looking down on people.)”
“I didn't expect the timing to be so unfortunate.”
“I even mocked them for being short-sighted,”
“it is inferior, I'm afraid.”
“and still, not a blade of grass grows here.”