只有端王可以 我猜也是
“Only Prince Duan can do it. That's what I thought.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们能调动禁军吗
“Can you mobilize the Imperial Guards?”
只有端王可以 我猜也是
“Only Prince Duan can do it. That's what I thought.”
禁军统领赵五成 已经被端王买通了
“Zhao Wucheng, Commander of the Imperial Guards, has already been bought over by Prince Duan.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In imperial China, control over the capital's imperial guards was the ultimate leverage in palace coups and succession struggles.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only
Used to denote exclusivity or sole condition.
I figured as much / That is what I guessed too
A natural spoken phrase used to validate an ongoing deduction or rumor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you any different?”
“This Prince Duan is not a fool.”
“And if Prince Duan had won, it wouldn't have ended so abruptly, leaving this mess behind.”
“Prince Duan has been sending letters frequently, trying to win me over.”
“he's not doing well with Prince Duan”
“and the confrontation with Prince Duan hangs in the balance.”