别觉得朕不信任你
“Don't blame me for not trusting you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别觉得 朕 不信任 你
“Don't blame me for not trusting you.”
实在是 自从坐上这个位子
“Since I ascended the throne,”
“I have to be suspicious because of my throne, but don't take it personally or turn against me.”
Imperial rulers in Chinese history inherently balanced personal familial bonds with profound structural paranoia, as thrones were constantly threatened by kinship factions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
taking this position/throne
A common idiom/metaphor referring to assuming a seat of supreme power or executive leadership.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“don't believe that Marquis Changxing would commit treason.”
“that they didn't plan this in advance, would you?”
“If you don't trust him, don't you trust me?”
“Did I not trust you before?”