这厮竟早就暗藏祸心
“only then did I realize that he had long harmed ill intentions,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
本侯才知
“only then did I realize that he had long harmed ill intentions,”
这厮竟 早就 暗藏祸心
“only then did I realize that he had long harmed ill intentions,”
“playing the fool all along.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Feigning madness or foolishness to hide ambitions is a classic historical stratagem, provoking extreme indignation once uncovered by deceived lords.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this scoundrel / this rascal
A derogatory classical pronoun used to refer to a despised male opponent, ubiquitous in historical dramas.
harboring sinister motives / secretly plotting malice
A sophisticated four-character idiom describing someone who hides malevolent intentions beneath a harmless facade.
