公廨抓错了人
“that the Bureau arrested the wrong person?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you want everyone in Ruanjiang County to know”
公廨 抓错了人
“that the Bureau arrested the wrong person?”
还是
“Or...”
“Do you realize the scandal it will cause if everyone finds out the magistrate made a wrongful arrest?”
In historical China, wrongful arrests by local magistrates (gongxie) could severely damage official reputation and lead to severe administrative penalties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
arrested or grabbed the wrong person
A common verb-complement pattern indicating a mistake in detaining or seizing an individual.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The Bureau is hunting him!”
“(and allowed the Bureau to capture him easily.)”
“the Bureau will ensure justice is served.”
“The arrests were made by the Three Judicial Offices,”
“is caught by the Three Judicial Offices,”
“The Three Judicial Offices were careless.”