把我按进火盆之时
“pressed me into the brazier,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那年母妃
“That year when my mother”
把我按进火盆之时
“pressed me into the brazier,”
也说我可怜
“she also said I was pitiful.”
“Do not pretend to pity me now—I remember what ruthless cruelty really looks like.”
Imperial concubines and princes in dynastic courts often engaged in brutal inner-palace infighting, leaving long-lasting psychological scars.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to press down into; to force into
A forceful directional verb compound describing violent physical subjugation.
brazier; fire basin
Historically a portable metal or ceramic container holding burning coals for warmth.