你能骗过天下人
“You can fool the world,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“An emperor must not be blinded by love.”
你能骗过天下人
“You can fool the world,”
“but you're being played for a fool by a woman.”
“You think you are omnipotent, but your emotional weakness makes you a complete fool.”
Traditional Chinese political philosophy often warns that rulers must not be blinded by personal romantic attachments (情字障目), as personal indulgence leads to political ruin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to successfully deceive or trick
Combines the verb for cheating with the resultative particle indicating successful evasion or bypass.
everyone in the world; all the people under heaven
A classic rhetorical hyperbole used in dramatic or literary settings to denote universal public perception.