为了一个贱婢
“For a lowly maid?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你敢打孤
“How dare you hit me?”
为了一个 贱婢
“For a lowly maid?”
孤在你心中
“In your heart, am I”
“How dare you hit me over someone so utterly worthless compared to my royal rank!”
In traditional court societies, striking a noble for the sake of a bondservant violated the fundamental hierarchical boundary between royalty and commoners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the sake of; because of
A standard preposition indicating purpose, cause, or the beneficiary of an action.
lowly maidservant (derogatory)
A harsh, archaic insult restricted to historical or period settings to demean a female servant.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“worth less than a lowly maid?”
“That wretched woman...”
“One of them is a servant, and the other is just a bastard.”
“For personal feelings,”
“yet he would have to be a servant for life.”
“was nothing but a vile man.”