那各个纨绔子弟都有份
“Each of those wastrel sons is receiving a gift.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
原来他要送礼之人 不止吴维仕
“It turns out the people he wants to give gifts to are not just Wu Weishi.”
那各个 纨绔子弟 都 有份
“Each of those wastrel sons is receiving a gift.”
这不是简单的见面礼
“These aren't ordinary courtesy gifts.”
“This is a massive scheme to bribe all the powerful heirs at once.”
In historical bureaucratic politics, gifting wealthy youths was a strategic way to build covert alliances with their powerful fathers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
spoiled scions of wealthy families; playboys
A classical idiom commonly used to deride wealthy, idle young men who rely on ancestral privilege.
to have a share; to be included
A common spoken phrase meaning one is included in a distribution, event, or responsibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and the nobles each rule their own domain.”
“she befriended many friends outside the Six Sects.”
“A nobleman would be best suited to command the occasion.”
“(They are two of a kind.)”
“They're all despicable at heart,”
“Perhaps the entire Gu family will be implicated.”