可真会巧立名目
“He's really good at inventing excuses.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他是这么说的
“That's what he said?”
可真 会 巧立名目
“He's really good at inventing excuses.”
“A-Actually, His Lordship isn't always like this.”
“What a hypocrite—he just invents high-sounding excuses to get away with it.”
In Chinese governance critique, inventing titles or pretexts is viewed as a classic abuse of bureaucratic authority to exploit subordinates.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to concoct fancy pretexts; to invent excuses or labels under false pretenses
A formal idiom commonly used critically when someone invents arbitrary charges, taxes, or justifications.
really knows how to; sure is good at
Frequently used with an ironic or critical edge to mock someone's dubious cleverness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What a coincidence.”
“What a coincidence.”
“Such skillful hands.”
“What a coincidence. There is one thing.”
“What a coincidence!”
“My impersonation”