高官们相互勾结 官官相护
“Senior officials colluded and protected one another,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
若不是殿下出手 好人早已枉死 恶人依旧逍遥
“Had she not intervened, the innocent would have died in vain, while the wicked remained at large.”
高官们相互 勾结 官官相护
“Senior officials colluded and protected one another,”
只有长公主才能对付他们 可这不合规矩啊
“and only Her Highness could deal with them. But this is against the rules.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A deeply rooted historical critique in imperial China describing how the scholar-official class banded together to cover up crimes and protect their shared institutional power.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to collude with one another; to gang up
A formal idiom used to describe illicit collaboration or conspiracy between untrustworthy parties.
officials shield one another; bureaucratic mutual protection
A classic four-character idiom frequently used to critique institutional corruption and cronyism.
