怎么能顺理成章地 到他的口袋里呀
“smoothly ended up in his pockets?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还有这些年的官银
“And how the official silver over the years”
怎么能 顺理成章 地 到他的口袋里呀
“smoothly ended up in his pockets?”
这桩桩件件
“Every single one of these things”
“It is obvious corruption; there is no way he acquired this money legally.”
In historical and legal contexts, 'official silver' (guan yin) refers to state revenue, making its diversion into private pockets a capital crime.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
logical and natural / following as a matter of course
Idiom indicating that something occurs reasonably or rightfully; here used rhetorically to question legitimacy.
end up in his pocket / be pocketed by him
Colloquial metaphor for personal embezzlement or misappropriation of funds.
Softens the rhetorical question into an expressive plea for common sense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“guess it was in your pocket right away?”
“There's something in my pocket. Take it out.”
“making me follow his way of doing things. Why should I?”
“they'd sell things from their left pocket to their right pocket.”
“put it back in whichever pocket you took it from.”
“Get the money first.”