从未见过如此繁华盛景
“We've never seen such splendor before.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
蛮荒之人
“from a humble land.”
从未见过如此 繁华盛景
“We've never seen such splendor before.”
“Perhaps greed momentarily overcame him.”
“They are simple, uncivilized barbarians who were dazzled by our riches and could not control themselves.”
In imperial dynastic history, court officials often rationalized peripheral border tribes' incursions as the natural awe and uncontrolled greed of uncivilized people towards the Central Plains' civilization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have never seen before
A useful formal collocation to emphasize that something is completely unprecedented in someone's experience.
bustling and magnificent spectacle
A high-register, literary four-character idiom used to depict grand prosperity or glorious scenes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've never seen this happen before.”
“I've never seen such a grand embroidery house.”
“This is unprecedented.”
“you'd have missed this grand spectacle.”