逃跑将军难辞其咎
“The runaway general is to blame.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一想就是这么回事
“That must be it.”
逃跑将军 难辞其咎
“The runaway general is to blame.”
你也是这意思吗
“Is that what you mean too?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Switching to classical idioms like '难辞其咎' elevates personal grievance into an objective, historical judgment of condemnation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot evade responsibility; can hardly absolve oneself from blame
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used when someone in authority must bear the blame for a major failure or catastrophe.
fleeing general; runaway commander
A derogatory epithet used to denounce a commander who abandoned his duties during battle.