哪能受得了这等猛药
“How could she withstand such strong medicine?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
太后的气血虚弱
“Her Majesty's Qi and blood are weak.”
哪能受得了 这 等 猛药
“How could she withstand such strong medicine?”
若因此而伤了太后的寿元 猛药去疴 重典治乱
“If it harms her lifespan... Strong medicine cures disease; harsh measures are for critical conditions.”
“You will kill her if you use such strong medicine, and we will both lose our heads.”
In traditional Chinese court medicine, imperial physicians faced severe punishment or death if treatments caused harm, fostering extreme conservatism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can one possibly
Use in rhetorical questions to emphasize impossibility or strong doubt.
able to endure or tolerate
Pair with physical or psychological hardships to express endurance capacity.
potent medicine or drastic measure
Commonly used both literally in medicine and metaphorically for radical policies.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Who can stand that?”
“How can her body take this?”
“Who can stand this?”
“Who can take responsibility for that? But if she takes it and something happens,”
“Don't make it sound so bad. It was only a sleeping draught.”
“But you wrote me a deadly poison?”