京兆府与南赵勾结
“The Capital Prefecture is colluding with Nanzhao?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The Capital Prefecture is colluding with them.”
京兆府 与 南赵 勾结
“The Capital Prefecture is colluding with Nanzhao?”
“Do you realize what you're saying?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Collusion with foreign states ('勾结') represents the ultimate political crime in dynastic China, often punishable by the execution of nine generations (zhulian).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to collude with; to gang up with
A strongly derogatory verb used when two or more parties secretly cooperate for illicit, corrupt, or treasonous purposes.
collude with...
Standard syntactic structure for expressing illicit partnership or treason with another entity.
