你不把自己 从这件事上择出来
“If you don't clear yourself of suspicion,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
既不是你杀的 那就查出真凶
“Since you didn't kill him, then find the real murderer.”
你不把 自己 从这件事上 择出来
“If you don't clear yourself of suspicion,”
“how can the Empress Dowager trust you in the future?”
“You need to save your own skin first before worrying about the rest of this mess.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and court history, dissociating oneself from factional suspicion is often valued over fighting blindly for ideal justice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to extricate oneself / to clear oneself of involvement
A vivid colloquial and idiomatic expression (often pronounced zhái chū lái) meaning to separate or disentangle someone from blame or trouble.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You wiped yourself clean.”
“Don't keep chasing things that aren't yours.”
“And you don't need to clear your name in such a hurry.”
“Everything resulted from your choices.”
“Everyone must bear the cost of their choices.”
“This is your own choice.”