要大张旗鼓地杀刘旺
“make such a spectacle of killing Liu Wang,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可你为何
“But why”
要 大张旗鼓地 杀刘旺
“make such a spectacle of killing Liu Wang,”
“(Wu shall die.) and a divine targeting Heavenly Empress?”
“You didn't just want him dead; you wanted to make a public political statement against the throne.”
Fabricating signs of divine wrath against rulers was a classical method in imperial China to justify political revolt or destabilize sovereign legitimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great fanfare; on a grand scale
Used as an adverbial idiom to describe actions done openly and aggressively in full public view.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that Madam Shen was having an affair with Liu Wang.”
“Liu Wang actually suspected Yunqi's true identity.”
“She only knew Liu Wang.”
“to kill the Huangsha Gang and innocents,”
“[Chia-jen] Then he killed Liu Yen-hua himself.”
“Of course we'll kill him,”