您要怪 就怪吕大人 谁能想到
“If you want to blame someone, blame Lord Lyu. Who would have thought”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
才吃那么一点反佣嘛 您就当取之于民用之于民嘛
“but to take a little "commission" off the top. Just think of it as taking from the people and using it for the people.”
您要怪 就怪吕大人 谁能想到
“If you want to blame someone, blame Lord Lyu. Who would have thought”
他是分阶段给付我礼金的呀
“he was paying me the gift money in installments?”
“Do not punish me; Lord Lyu is the one who set this messy arrangement up.”
In bureaucratic settings, junior or compromised officials often shift responsibility onto more prominent figures to minimize their own personal liability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if you want to blame anyone, blame...
A set phrase used to deflect blame directly onto a third party or specific circumstance.
who could have anticipated
Used as an excuse to emphasize that an outcome was entirely unpredictable.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If anyone is to blame, it's Master for being too stubborn.”
“Then blame yourself”
“Blame those lowlifes for talking trash.”