风言风语又何时少过？
“when have the rumors ever stopped?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
自我进了这皇城
“Since I entered these imperial walls,”
风言风语 又何时少过？
“when have the rumors ever stopped?”
御史台恨不得把 “牝鸡司晨”这四个字
“The Censorate is bent on branding me as "a hen ruling the roost".”
“I am entirely used to these attacks; malicious gossip cannot shake me.”
In traditional imperial courts, gossip and moral censorship were frequently weaponized by factions to bring down influential figures, especially powerful women.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
idle gossip; malicious slander
A formal idiom used to describe groundless or hostile rumors circulating in a community or court.
when has it ever been lacking?
A rhetorical construction used to express weary acceptance of an ongoing negative situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“rumors and pressure.”
“Only then did those rumors fade away.”
“The rumors are raging.”
“(Rumors are rampant,)”