那京城的贵女个个都是 八百个心眼子
“how calculating and cunning the capital's noble ladies are.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我还得 教你进宫的礼仪和规矩呢 你可不知
“I also need to instruct you on court etiquette and codes of conduct. You have no idea”
那京城的贵女个个都是 八百个心眼子
“how calculating and cunning the capital's noble ladies are.”
“How can I send you to the lion's den without giving you some tips first?”
“You are too naive; those highborn women will play you like a fiddle if you let your guard down.”
'Xinyan' literally means holes in the heart, functioning metaphorically as wit, awareness, or schemes; having 'eight hundred' of them signifies extreme deceit and social calculation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
incredibly scheming; full of cunning tricks
A popular modern colloquial hyperbole used to describe someone who is exceptionally calculative or manipulative.
daughters of noble families; highborn ladies
Used in period contexts to refer to aristocratic, unmarried young women.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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“few noblewomen in the capital can compare.”
“I have contact with all the noble ladies in the capital.”
“You're not interested in any of the noble ladies in the capital.”
“Those cunning ladies can't do anything to me.”
“In the capital, any family with a daughter to marry”
“He really is so scheming.”