难保不是早有异心
“It's hard to say if he's been disloyal all along.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陛下登基 霄南王也未曾来贺
“The Lord of Xiaonan didn't come to His Majesty's coronation.”
难保 不是 早有异心
“It's hard to say if he's been disloyal all along.”
公主 这松烟墨是谢家特供
“Your Highness, the Pine Soot Ink is exclusive to the Xie Family.”
“He clearly intends to rebel; this disrespect was deliberate.”
In imperial China, failing to send an envoy or tribute upon an emperor's enthronement was considered an unambiguous act of sedition by a vassal state.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hard to say for sure; quite likely that
A literary and formal phrase often used in political or serious discourse to express strong suspicion about negative possibilities.
harbor disloyal or treasonous thoughts long ago
A classical idiom specifically describing latent treachery against a ruler or alliance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“are still suspicious.”
“”
“(It's not her first time being unreliable.)”
“he might be hard-pressed to save himself.”
“Really. I promise I won't mention it again.”
“We don't even have basic trust anymore.”