他不肯来 这些宫宴都不香了
“Without him, the palace banquet food just isn't as good.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“he didn't come on New Year's Eve, which was fine, but he won't show up on New Year's Day either.”
他 不肯 来 这些宫宴都 不香了
“Without him, the palace banquet food just isn't as good.”
看什么
“What are you looking at?”
“All this imperial splendor means nothing to me if he is not here.”
A classic theme in Chinese literature where lavish imperial banquets contrast sharply with personal emotional emptiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unwilling to; refuse to
Indicates a deliberate, conscious choice to decline an invitation or action.
loses its appeal; is no longer enjoyable
A vivid metaphorical colloquialism meaning an activity or item has lost its former charm.
Denotes a change of state, highlighting that the event has lost its appeal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(He wouldn't come back) (because he was afraid you'd have nowhere to live.)”
“He refused to come back because he was afraid you might have no place to stay after his return.”
“If he refuses to go, what can any of you do?”
“it's obvious the Empress Dowager would not invite him out of the palace for no reason.”
“Neither of us is willing to admit defeat.”
“Are you going to send me away again?”