势力盘根错节
“Their influence runs deep and tangled.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Nie Hengcheng and his followers usurped power for three generations.”
势力盘根错节
“Their influence runs deep and tangled.”
“Killing one or two would never turn the tide.”
“They are far too entrenched for a simple, hasty strike to defeat them.”
Reflects the historical Chinese political struggle against entrenched aristocratic or bureaucratic clans spanning multiple generations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
deep-seated; deeply entrenched and intertwined
A formal idiom used to describe complex, complicated networks, organizations, or problems.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“quite influential at court.”
“Power stirs the heart—”
“Is ambition for power”
“are nothing but pawns to be sacrificed.”