整个朝廷能让你忌惮之人 屈指可数
“Only a handful of people can do that throughout the entire court.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看来害我家之人 连萧太傅都忌惮
“So the person who killed my family terrifies you, too.”
整个朝廷能让你 忌惮 之人 屈指可数
“Only a handful of people can do that throughout the entire court.”
“I'll look into them one by one and find the culprit.”
“You don't need to name them; I already know the pool of suspects is extremely small.”
In historical court dramas, retribution against powerful aristocratic clans is intensely difficult because only members of the imperial family or paramount ministers hold enough leverage to harm high officials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can be counted on one's fingers; very few in number
A common idiom used to emphasize the rarity or extreme scarcity of people, things, or occurrences.
to dread; to fear and avoid crossing
Typically used in formal or literary contexts to describe apprehension toward powerful rivals or authority figures.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then I shall make the court fear you”
“can you justifiably hold control over the court.”
“although you are an important minister of the Imperial Court,”
“Even my own army dares to threaten me.”
“but half the Imperial Court officials will be dragged down with him!”
“How dare you curse a court official!”