镇政府做出了一个 匪夷所思的决定
“the town government made a baffling decision.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为了帮助爱人建厂
“To help his wife build her factory,”
镇政府 做出了一个 匪夷所思 的决定
“the town government made a baffling decision.”
向银行贷款八百万 修一条四级公路
“They took out an eight million bank loan to build a Class IV highway.”
“This decision makes zero sense on paper, which proves something dirty was going on.”
Using government funds or public policy to benefit family members is heavily scrutinized as corruption in contemporary Chinese administrative discourse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
made an ... decision
A standard formal construction for reporting institutional or executive actions.
inconceivable; bizarre; mind-boggling
A high-register chengyu used to express deep disbelief or disapproval toward an incomprehensible act.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It seems you just don't respect the town government at all.”
“Mr. Zheng, what's going on? The county committee has decided on a shutdown.”
“It was a collective decision by the county. You can't go back on your word.”
“you do something that defies all reason.”
“Are you deliberately trying to embarrass Mr. Zheng and Ms. Li?”
“But that's because the town government leaders always think of the people.”