又是成王 何至于此
“It's Prince Cheng's doing again. How could this happen?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That was the officer who brought the bodies over last time with Constable Zhan.”
又是 成王 何至于此
“It's Prince Cheng's doing again. How could this happen?”
“He took all the evidence away. How are we supposed to solve the case?”
“Why is Prince Cheng overstepping his bounds and making our job impossible again?”
Historically, magistrates and lower-ranking investigators often faced severe hurdles when high-ranking imperial royalty intervened in the legal process.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why go this far; why must it come to this
A rhetorical expression used when you feel someone's action or a situation has become excessively extreme or unreasonable.
again (conveying exasperation)
Placed before a noun phrase to express annoyance at the repetition of an unwelcome person or event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But Prince Cheng will certainly seize this opportunity to destroy us completely.”
“and cannot be settled with such haste based solely on Prince Cheng's testimony.”
“Your Highness, you have mistaken.”
“I don't think the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng are magnanimous.”
“What do you mean by this, Prince Cheng?”
“Winning or losing,”