今日宴席百官和外使云集
“today's banquet is filled with officials and foreign envoys.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陛下
“Your Majesty,”
今日宴席百官和外使云集
“today's banquet is filled with officials and foreign envoys.”
若另选仵作
“If another coroner is chosen”
“All our officials and foreign ambassadors are watching, so we cannot afford to cause a public scandal.”
In imperial statecraft, maintaining order and face before foreign envoys and the bureaucracy was vital to preserve the prestige and legitimacy of the throne.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
civil and military officials; the court bureaucracy
A historical collective term for all government officials in the dynastic court.
foreign envoys / ambassadors
Refers to diplomatic representatives sent from neighboring or foreign states.
to gather in large numbers (like clouds)
A literary idiom/collocation used to describe crowds of distinguished people congregating in one place.
