罗医丞一心只想攀龙附凤
“Physician Luo only ever wanted to climb the ladder.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自杀赎罪？
“and killed himself to atone?”
罗医丞 一心只想 攀龙附凤
“Physician Luo only ever wanted to climb the ladder.”
眼看就能当上医令 就算想要赎罪 也不舍得自杀
“He was this close to being Imperial Physician. Even if he wanted to atone, he wouldn't throw his life away.”
“He is far too power-hungry and selfish to kill himself out of remorse.”
In imperial China, securing official court titles like Assistant Physician offered wealth and status, making ambitious officials unlikely to abandon life over personal guilt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
single-mindedly bent on; only thinking about
Used to describe someone who is obsessively focused on one specific goal to the exclusion of all else.
currying favor with the powerful to advance one's social status
A formal idiom used disapprovingly to describe ambitious ladder-climbers attaching themselves to royalty or nobility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Physician Luo stole these from his own post!”
“Physician Luo climbed the ranks, and my lady regained His Majesty's favor.”
“He made her what she is now, neither human nor ghost.”
“where Physician Luo resides in the Western Capital? Take us there.”
“But Physician Luo insists on taking this Yin-Yang Road to see Talent Liu these days.”
“offering herbs in return for just Gao Luoqian's life”