未来的阁老 连你也背
“a future Grand Secretary. And yet they shut you out too.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
背着我一个处理庶务的 也就罢了 你可是堂堂探花
“and it's understandable to shut out someone like me who only handles family business. But you are a dignified Tanhua,”
未来的阁老 连 你 也 背
“a future Grand Secretary. And yet they shut you out too.”
真替你不值
“I really feel it's unfair to you.”
“You have a brilliant future ahead, yet they treat you like a nobody—how can you tolerate this disrespect?”
In imperial China, a Tanhua was destined for top ministerial roles like Gelao, making betrayal by minor officials a grave affront to scholar-official pride.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
behind someone's back; doing something covertly
A colloquial verbal construction used when someone hides information or acts behind another person's back.
even...
An emphatic grammatical structure highlighting an unexpected extreme case.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You are a Grand Secretary. Are you really afraid of that?”
“This Grand Secretary is afraid of nothing,”
“A dignified Grand Secretary living alone,”
“that I have a Grand Secretary uncle— a powerful tree to rely on.”
“A Grand Secretary assassinating another Grand Secretary...”
“Gao, you're so kind.”