荣升为大家的眼中钉了
“you'll become a thorn in everyone's eyes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
日后就和安郡王一样
“Like Commandery Prince An,”
荣升为大家的眼中钉了
“you'll become a thorn in everyone's eyes.”
贵邦贩卖的茶叶
“Your tea leaves”
“Congratulations, now everyone hates your guts and wants you gone.”
In Chinese social interaction, using overly reverent terms like 'honorably promoted' (rongsheng) for negative outcomes is a common comedic and biting rhetorical device.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be honorably promoted
Literally an honorific promotion term; very commonly used sarcastically to mock someone getting an unwanted responsibility or hostile status.
thorn in one's side; an eye-sore
A classic idiom meaning someone or something that causes extreme irritation and is targeted for removal.
Indicates a change of state, stressing that the person has now officially attained this status.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“- Promoted? - Transferred?”
“all this glory and wealth will vanish in an instant.”
“Zhou Rong is really getting desperate.”
“(that if I joined Ronghe Law Firm,)”
“Congrats on your promotion. It's all fate.”
“about promotion. As long as you give me a task, I promise I'll finish it.”