鬼神之说本就是迷惑人心的
“Superstitions are just meant to confuse people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“plenty of people will rush to flatter you.”
鬼神之说 本就是 迷惑人心的
“Superstitions are just meant to confuse people.”
“Like the candy that hit Granny Kang just now—”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Contrasts deep-rooted folk superstition with clear-headed skepticism, emphasizing how rumor-mongers weaponize fear to control others.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
talk of ghosts and spirits; superstitions
A semi-formal phrasing used to categorize religious or supernatural claims.
to confuse and mislead people's hearts and minds
Idiomatic four-character expression describing deceptive rhetoric or illusions.
Asserts a definitive conclusion or natural law.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All because of those absurd beliefs in ghosts and spirits,”
“it was just a ghost playing tricks.”
“because he fell for superstitious beliefs.”
“and in his relation to what is fortunate and what is calamitous, with the spiritual beings.”
“Never heard of him. A god, is he?”
“There are endless ghost tales in the palace.”