他打的便是随时可以回楚都的主意
“keeping himself within easy reach of the Capital.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
高阳离楚都很近
“keeping himself within easy reach of the Capital.”
他打的 便是 随时 可以 回楚都的 主意
“keeping himself within easy reach of the Capital.”
当年楚岺被贬关外 谢家摘桃子摘得顺手
“When Chu Ling was exiled, the Xie family wasted no time seizing what they could,”
“Do not be fooled by his location; he is positioning himself to strike at the capital.”
In historical Chinese statecraft, geographical stationing near the imperial capital was often used by ambitious lords to monitor the court and seize the throne at pivotal moments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to harbor designs on; to calculate or plan for something
A common idiom used when discussing someone's hidden motives, plans, or selfish intentions.
precisely is; namely
A literary and emphatic connective used to highlight certainty in formal or historical spoken contexts.
