也许宋兴雨当年就发现 你的贪得无厌
“Maybe Song Xingyu saw long ago how insatiable you were”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说不定是反过来
“Perhaps it was the other way around.”
也许宋兴雨当年就 发现 你的 贪得无厌
“Maybe Song Xingyu saw long ago how insatiable you were”
还试图培养你的儿子 成为大司祭
“and how you tried to make your son the High Priest.”
“You were never a victim; your greed exposed you from the very beginning.”
In Chinese historical drama conflicts, attacking an opponent's moral integrity (such as greed) serves to delegitimize their past actions and authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insatiable greed; voracious
A formal idiom used to sharply criticize someone who never feels satisfied with what they acquire.
perhaps; maybe
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to introduce an alternative conjecture or possibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Song Xingyu completely ruined me.”
“Tell me where Song Xingyu is, and I'll let you go.”
“what you and Song Xingyu are up to.”
“Song Xingyu is still at large.”
“to stop Song Xingyu, but he still got away.”
“(Vice Lord of Xuling Temple) Song Xingyu's crimes merit no pardon.”