更暗中贿赂国子祭酒 与其沆瀣一气
“but he also bribed the Chancellor of the Directorate of Education to cover his tracks.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不但指使衙役 打断郑夏左手 以毁灭证据
“Not only did he order a yamen runner to break Zheng Xia's left hand to destroy evidence,”
更暗中贿赂国子祭酒 与其 沆瀣一气
“but he also bribed the Chancellor of the Directorate of Education to cover his tracks.”
这是迟于和衙役的供状
“Here are the confessions from Chi Yu and the yamen runner.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional China, this title referred to the chief administrator of the supreme imperial university, highlighting how moral and academic authorities were susceptible to political bribery.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to secretly bribe
Useful in formal or legal contexts to describe under-the-table bribery.
to act in collusion; to be in cahoots
A sophisticated formal idiom applied exclusively to disreputable people colluding for vile purposes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“at the Japanese Army headquarters to clear the way,”
“You must have bribed the officials and used dirty tricks.”