如果被别人捏住了把柄
“If someone were to seize this weakness,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但有一件事情
“but there is one thing.”
如果 被 别 人 捏住了把柄
“If someone were to seize this weakness,”
他的前程就完了
“his career would be finished.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese bureaucratic and professional networks, guarding one's moral or operational flaws is essential, as opponents frequently use small missteps ('把柄') to topple rivals entirely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have leverage over someone; to hold dirt on someone
A highly common idiom/metaphor referring to holding compromising secrets or evidence that can destroy an opponent.
Marks the completion or realization of the hypothetical conditional state of being compromised.
