他认为是走后门了 没有 举贤不避亲嘛
“He thinks it was nepotism. After all, it's his girlfriend.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他想多了
“I think Lin might just be overthinking it.”
他 认为是 走后门 了 没有 举贤不避亲 嘛
“He thinks it was nepotism. After all, it's his girlfriend.”
这个就让老林 有这个口福挺好的
“So, Lin can still have the good food Sun Xiaoyan makes.”
“I know how it looks, but I have a high-minded excuse for helping my own people.”
While 'going through the back door' is socially stigmatized, the Confucian maxim 'not avoiding relatives when recommending talent' provides culturally acceptable moral cover for nepotism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to get in through the back door; to use personal connections unfairly
A very common idiom used to describe securing benefits through covert influence rather than merit.
not shying away from recommending one's own relatives if they are competent
A set idiom frequently used as a moral defense when someone promotes a family member or close friend.
Emphasizes that the cited proverb is an obvious, self-evident truth that justifies the action.
Indicates a perceived completion or change of state regarding the other person's assumption.
