更何况一个赵森垚
“let alone someone like Zhao Senyao.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“even princes are punished like commoners,”
更何况 一个赵森垚
“let alone someone like Zhao Senyao.”
高副使
“Vice Envoy Gao,”
“He is a nobody compared to royalty; there is no excuse to protect him.”
Follows the classical maxim 'if a prince breaks the law, he is punished like a commoner,' invoking the ideal of impartial justice to override nepotism or political interference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let alone / much less
Used to introduce an even stronger, more obvious example to reinforce an a fortiori argument.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well, well. Zhao Senyao.”
“may have been Zhao Senyao's doing,”
“It was Zhao Senyao who caused this.”
“That is why Zhao Senyao survived long-term use.”
“They could have done what they did to Zhao Senyao.”
“may well be Zhao Senyao's victims.”