只是我们现在和武安侯还有往来
“It's just that we still have dealings with the Marquis of Wu'an,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“My child will be found sooner or later.”
只 是我 们现在和武安侯 还有 往来
“It's just that we still have dealings with the Marquis of Wu'an,”
“and I don't want to destabilize that relationship.”
“We cannot act impulsively right now because we need his political backing.”
In historical court dynamics, private family matters often yielded to maintaining strategic alliances ('guanxi') with powerful feudal lords.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have dealings/ties with; to maintain contact
Refers to regular social, political, or business relations between two entities.
to jeopardize or undermine this relationship
A high-frequency collocation in political and business discourse regarding maintaining alliances.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We are Marquis of Wu'an's soldiers now.”
“What does this have to do with the Marquis of Wu'an?”
“Let's go meet this Marquis of Wu'an.”
“Didn't you say you had to check on the Marquis of Wu'an?”
“Hurry up and pay your respects to the Marquis of Wu'an!”
“I'm afraid you'll outshine the Marquis of Wu'an in the future.”