对我父母之事讳莫如深
“So, about my parents, they all keep it hush-hush.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人人都怕冒犯到我
“everyone's been afraid to offend me.”
对我父母之事 讳莫如深
“So, about my parents, they all keep it hush-hush.”
“I thought no one remembered Prince of Duan or his consort anymore.”
“Everyone is terrified to touch upon my family's scandal because it could cost them dearly.”
In Chinese imperial political culture, fallen princes or disgraced court factions became existential taboos ('讳'), prompting courtiers and civilians to completely avoid speaking their names to avoid treasonous associations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to keep something strictly secret; to maintain complete silence on a taboo
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) describing a situation where people deliberately conceal or refuse to talk about a sensitive subject.